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There is zero chance that Germany will build or reopen nuclear power plants. Neither citizens nor power companies want that.

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> nor power companies want that.

Important Context: Power companies were paid by the state to shut down their nuclear power plants, of course they want free money for not producing anything.

That was a one time payment and wouldn't stop them for reopening (accept for the dismantling process) or building new ones

The Greens will take care of that (kind of ironic, really)

The Greens are out of power and I think they're going to stay out of power for a while. The road is free for anyone who wants to invest. (We even have precedent that the state will pay if an operating license is withdrawn, which might happen if the Greens return to power.)

Shutting down nukes costs money to do right, it's not money for nothing.

The money for shutting down the nuclear power plant and replacing it with another would have eventually been paid anyway, the money from the govt was for missing out on the income from actual energy production.

> Neither citizens nor power companies want that.

It looks as if some citizens want it. https://anschalt-konferenz.de/english/

While that conference is partially made up of "normal" citizens, there's also an energy consultancy behind it that specifically advocates for nuclear power - so far from just citizens.

https://anschalt-konferenz.de/english/about-us/

> so far from just citizens

And so we come back to the point of the story. Hopefully Germany will stop indirectly funding anti-nuclear organisations that seek to influence other countries. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2023-00217...

It isn't immediately obvious to me that the French School of Economic Warfare is a trusted source on these topics, especially since you just linked to a parliamentary question - I'll have to read up on that. I just wanted to make sure your link isn't taken as purely a citizens initiative, because it isn't one.

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