All parties against nuclear power: Measures for a safe future decided!

All parties against nuclear power: Measures for a safe future decided!

In the course of the current parliamentary debate, several proposals for atomic energy were brought in on June 19, 2025. These applications should be made as part of the upcoming budget consultations. A central application by Michael Bernhard (NEOS) found the support of all five parliamentary parties and demands that atomic energy are not viewed as renewable energy. The reasons for this requirement are complex: atomic energy is considered too expensive, contaminates uncontrollable risks and the problem of radioactive garbage contains future generations. According to [Oekonews] (https://www2.oekonews.at/Parlament-5- parties-in-against-at-atomkraft+2400+1227540), atomic energy is also not regarded as a serious solution for the climate crisis.

The Greens also contributed to the debate and brought in his own application to drive Austria's annoyance to the EU taxonomy. In addition, they ask the federal government to work against the expansion of nuclear power. The budgetary protection of the biodiversity fund is also on the agenda.

history of the nuclear phase -out

The debate about atomic energy is not new and has a long history. The nuclear phase-out was initiated on April 22, 2002 when the red-green federal government changed the nuclear law, which limited the total term of the nuclear power plants to around 32 years. But after the reactor disaster in Fukushima in 2011, Germany experienced a turning point when the Bundestag decided to switch off all nuclear power plants by the end of 2022. bpb reports that the last three German nuclear power plant went off the net in April 2023. This was originally supposed to happen at the end of 2022, but the energy crisis due to the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine led to a temporary shift.

With the exit from nuclear energy, the risks associated with their use also fell. High construction costs, long construction times and uncertain income make nuclear power a financially risky technology. At the same time, the search for a repository for highly radioactive garbage remains one of the biggest challenges. Of 33 nuclear power plants in Germany, only three are completely dismantled and the search for a repository is considered a "Herculean task".

energy supply and the role of renewable

Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck emphasizes the importance of energy supply security in Germany. Thanks to improved diversification of gas imports, which now also includes imports from Norway, the Netherlands and new LNG terminals in northwestern Europe, the gas deficiency was avoided last winter. Homburg1 emphasizes that the remaining three nuclear power plants only contributed around five percent to German electricity production and the operation had no significant influence on electricity prices.

The federal government plans to increase the proportion of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption to at least 80 percent by 2030. Approval procedures for the expansion of renewable energies are simplified in order to counteract the current gas situation. But the challenges are diverse: while the nuclear power plants were operated, the power supply from coal -fired power plants increased to counteract gas consumption.

The ongoing discussions and the decade of the nuclear phase -out show that the course for a sustainable energy future must be re -set. The focus is on the development of socio-ecological transformation processes and the further expansion of renewable energies.