1) Most were built in the 70s, the ones still running were all built in 1982. Since then the safety precautions have changed considerably and this cannot be ret

1) Most were built in the 70s, the ones still running were all built in 1982. Since then the safety precautions have changed considerably and this cannot be retrofitted. This is also part of the reason why new plants are much more expensive. Has nothing to do with "upgrading". 2) The majority of German companies do not want to return to nuclear: “The phasing out of nuclear energy was decided in 2011 in a political and social consensus and is clearly regulated by law. The use of nuclear energy for electricity production has therefore ended in Germany.” This decision was made by the conservative Merkel government, not by the green party. "The dismantling of the power plants, the disposal of radioactive material, the search for a repository - all of this consumes enormous sums of money. German authorities and research institutes are therefore expecting up to 34 cents per kilowatt hour for nuclear power - by far the highest price of all forms of energy." https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/energie/energiewende-kernenergie-hat-sich-fuer-deutschland-erledigt-warum-die-energiekonzerne-keine-rueckkehr-der-atomkraft-wollen/27781670.html https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/energie/energiewend... 3) The have provided a greater part of the electricity, not of the energy needs. 4) The decision was made in 2011, data shows only 21% in favour of nuclear. https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/196207/umfrage/meinung-zum-gebrauch-von-atomenergie-in-deutschland/ https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/196207/umfrag... 5) Backyard does not mean garden. It means near a village for example.