A Future Without Nuclear Energy?

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In The Media

A Future Without Nuclear Energy?

The recent nuclear disaster in Japan has many people re-thinking the risks and benefits of nuclear energy. Germany took a bold stance two weeks ago when it pledged to shut down its nuclear reactors by 2022.

By Mark Hibbs

Published on Jun 13, 2011

Source: Wisconsin Public Radio

Speaking on Wisconsin Public Radio's Here on Earth, Carnegie's Mark Hibbs calls Germany's decision to shut down its nuclear plants by 2022 a "grand laboratory experiment." The recent nuclear disaster in Japan has many people re-thinking the risks and benefits of nuclear energy. Germany took a bold stance two weeks ago when it pledged to shut down its nuclear reactors by 2022. Hibbs explained the history surrounding Germany's decision and why the country has become anti-nuclear over the past half-century.

About the Author

Mark Hibbs

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program

Hibbs is a Germany-based nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. His areas of expertise are nuclear verification and safeguards, multilateral nuclear trade policy, international nuclear cooperation, and nonproliferation arrangements.

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