Is Germany's nuclear exit a mistake?

The 15th of April 2023 marks the end of Germany's 60-year-old nuclear history – right in the middle of a global energy crisis. The country had to fire up old coal plants to secure energy supply in the past year, while other countries continued to build more nuclear power plants. Was pulling out of nuclear energy a huge mistake? Credits: Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer Video editor: Frederik Willmann Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Michael Trobridge Special thanks to: Nicolas Wendler, Hans Smital, Christian von Hirschhausen, Rainer Klute and Simon Müller for interviews that could not make it into the video. #PlanetA #Nuclear #Germany Read more: Do we need nuclear power to stop climate Change? Planet A video:    • Do we need nuclear power to stop climate c...   Flexibility of nuclear power polants, World Nuclear Performance Report 2020: https://www.world-nuclear.org/getmedi... International Energy Agency report on nuclear power: https://www.iea.org/reports/nuclear-e... IPCC pathways including nuclear power: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploa... Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:01 History 02:15 The debate restarts 04:38 The case for nuclear 08:45 Cost and safety 11:45 Conclusion