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Mouvement antinucléaire
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Energiewende
The Energiewende (ʔɛnɐˈɡiːˌvɛndə) is the ongoing transition by Germany to a low carbon, environmentally sound, reliable, and affordable energy supply. The new system intends to rely heavily on renewable energy (particularly wind, photovoltaics, and hydroelectricity), energy efficiency, and energy demand management. The last nuclear power plants were shut down in 2023; all existing coal-fired generation will be retired by 2038.
High-level radioactive waste management
High-level radioactive waste management concerns how radioactive materials created during production of nuclear power and nuclear weapons are dealt with. Radioactive waste contains a mixture of short-lived and long-lived nuclides, as well as non-radioactive nuclides. There was reportedly some of high-level nuclear waste stored in the United States in 2002. The most troublesome transuranic elements in spent fuel are neptunium-237 (half-life two million years) and plutonium-239 (half-life 24,000 years).
Nuclear power in Germany
Nuclear power was used in Germany from the 1960s until being phased out in April 2023. German nuclear power began with research reactors in the 1950s and 1960s, with the first commercial plant coming online in 1969. By 1990, nuclear power accounted for about a fourth of the electricity produced in the country. The anti-nuclear movement in Germany has a long history dating back to the early 1970s and intensified following the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Le Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists est une revue scientifique non technique, en ligne, qui traite de la sécurité mondiale et les questions de politique publique, en particulier celles liées aux dangers posés par les armes nucléaires et autres armes de destruction massive. Il est publié sans interruption depuis sa fondation en 1945 par d'anciens physiciens du projet Manhattan après les bombardements atomiques d'Hiroshima et de Nagasaki sous le nom Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists of Chicago.