Nuclear Power - Current Situation

In the fall of 2010, the German federal government extended the operating lives of all of the country's nuclear power plants (NPPs). However, the tragic accident in Fukushima in March 2011 led Germany to reverse its energy policy. Germany's amended Nuclear Energy Act, which took effect in July 2011, mandated the immediate shutdown of eight NPPs and significantly curtailed the operating lives of the remaining nine.

Further Information

Different Types

We operate two kinds of nuclear power plant in both Germany and Sweden: pressurized-water reactors and boiling-water reactors.

Reactor Types

How it works

In our nuclear power plants, self-sustaining fission reactions are not possible without water as a moderator.

Nuclear Fission

Disposal Issue

The peaceful use of nuclear energy produces low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste, in research and medicine, as well as in the operation of nuclear power plants; the last also produces high-level waste. They have to be permanently disposed of in deep geological formations.

Permanent disposal

Business Areas

Nuclear Power - Current Situation