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by landofredwater 1401 days ago
The plan to shut down all the nuclear plants was misguided at best.

Seventeen plants were able to supply almost a quarter of Germany's total power [1] for their lifetimes, and then the cost from reimbursing investors into nuclear power is added onto those of having to build more wind and solar.

[1] https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-pr...