On the night of April 16, the German authorities turned off the last three operating nuclear power plants – the Isar 2 nuclear power plant in Bavaria, Neckarwestheim 2 in Baden-Württemberg and Emsland in Lower Saxony. It is reported by ZDF.
Germany's Minister for the Environment and Nuclear Safety, Steffi Lemke, has said that phasing out nuclear power will make Germany safer.
"The risks associated with nuclear power are ultimately uncontrollable in the event of an accident," the politician said.
The faction of the Social Democratic Party in Parliament posted a message on Twitter with the text: “Nuclear energy? Bye!"
The decision to finally abandon nuclear energy was made in Germany in 2011 – after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, almost two-thirds of Germans oppose the closure of Germany's last nuclear power plants, according to a poll commissioned by the dpa from the sociological institute YouGov. 32 percent consider it necessary to extend the life of the nuclear power plant for a limited period, and another 33 percent – even for an unlimited period. Only 26 percent of respondents consider it right to immediately shut down the remaining nuclear power plants in Germany.