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You can almost hear the champagne being opened in the FSB headquarters in Moscow.

• tmalsburg2 4y ago
  I doubt it. The share of nuclear power was too small to matter geopolitically, just 5% of electricity.
  • Braini 4y ago
    These were just the last 5%, go back around 20 years where the shutdown was initially decided and it was about 30%.
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    • tmalsburg2 4y ago
      I know. But the idea that they'd pop the Champagne now suggests that the closure of the remaining plants was a reason for Russia to celebrate. However, if the phasing out of nuclear in Germany was ever a reason for them to celebrate, they would have celebrated long ago. Also, Russia is a major source of Uranium, so it's not at all clear that this is actually good for them. Further, even 20 years ago, nuclear covered only a tiny part of Germany's primary energy needs (at no time more than 12%) and could have easily been compensated for with coal. So again, it's not clear at all that ending nuclear has pushed the geopolitical needle.