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Germany decomissioned almost everything nuclear. Also a politically motivated move. Now they have the highest electricity prices in the EU. VVER reactors have
by petre 6y ago
Germany decomissioned almost everything nuclear. Also a politically motivated move. Now they have the highest electricity prices in the EU.
VVER reactors have an overall good safety record so far, the trouble is this one seems botched.
- rob74 6y agoYeah, they are currently decommissioning all West German nuclear plants (initially announced by the Social-Democrat/Green government before 2005, then delayed by the Christian-Democrat/Social-Democrat government, then finally set to 2022 after Fukushima), but this is much later than 1990, when the Greifswald plant was decommissioned. Of course, that was only 4 years after Chernobyl, that may help explain the decision...
- cbmuser 6y agoBoth Greifswald and Rheinsberg were built according to German standards. East Germany even produced the reactor pressure vessels themselves. Also, the blocks 5-8 in Greifswald were modern VVER-440/213 which are far more reliable and safe than for example the SWR-69 reactor types used in Neckerwestheim I, Kruemmel and Isar 1 which were all in operation until 2011.