> to close plants when their lifetime runs out That’s not as simple as it sounds. The initial lifetime given to nuclear plants is extremely conservative. And g

> to close plants when their lifetime runs out That’s not as simple as it sounds. The initial lifetime given to nuclear plants is extremely conservative. And given proper maintenance it can easily be extended by decades. Closing plants because they « reached their lifetime » often means closing a perfectly good plant, and it’s a political act, not a rational act. I don’t know if it was the case for German plants but it was definitely the case in France with Fessenheim.