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EU: ITER nuclear program is climate action even without CO2 reduction

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Published: April 13th, 2023,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

ITER-Baustelle in Cadarache
ITER construction site in Cadarache, southern France

In Germany, commercial power generation from nuclear power will definitively come to an end on April 15. The last reactors in Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2 and Emsland will be shut down. In other EU countries, however, energy from nuclear fission is considered a low-carbon energy source for combating the climate crisis. And the entire EU continues to invest in fusion technology, which, however, will not contribute to decarbonization by 2050.

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