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Dismantling Germany's Lubmin nuclear plant, piece by piece
Dismantling Germany's Lubmin nuclear plant, piece by piece

At a former nuclear power plant near Lubmin on Germany's Baltic coast, workers in the disassembly hall are chopping up a bulky grey section of a pump from inside one of the reactors. The facility near Lubmin, built by East Germany's communist government and also known as the Greifswald nuclear power plant, was closed in 1990 with reunification.

Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear plants
Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear plants

Germany will shut down its three remaining nuclear plants on Saturday, betting that it can fulfil its green ambitions without atomic power despite the energy crisis caused by the Ukraine war. But Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 threatened to upend the plans, putting an end to cheap Russian gas and throwing the country into an unprecedented energy crisis.