Government nuclear power myths and KTG commentary

In itself, it's a good thing that the two federal ministers Lemke and Habeck are once again talking about nuclear energy. The occasion: the first anniversary of the shutdown of the last nuclear power plants in Germany on 15 April 2023, but KTG is unlikely to be happy after reading the following lines. This is because, according to Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens), the political debates on nuclear energy in Germany are becoming increasingly divorced from reality. One year after the nuclear phase-out, there is an "increasing discrepancy" with the actual facts. Nuclear power is being presented by some "as a kind of energy policy saviour", according to the press. The original quote continues: "We are experiencing an increasingly unrealistic myth-making". These messages are aimed at those who would like to see a return to nuclear power. But what are the hard facts on the "first anniversary" - as opposed to any myths? It is undisputed that the world's safest and most reliable nuclear power plants, which produced huge amounts of electricity cheaply, CO2-free and, above all, at base load, were shut down in Germany. There were 17 of them and not just the three at the end. Although they could have continued to run for at least another 30-50 years. Most observers around the world shake their heads at the German nuclear phase-out because it is not rationally comprehensible. If this were to be reversed, up to 100 billion euros in new investment would be necessary. Or in other words: this is the concrete damage that has been caused since Chancellor Merkel's decision in 2011 - without necessity and purely as a result of election campaign calculations at the time - a calculation that, incidentally, did not work out. The rest of the minister's text contains statements that are perceived as mockery and malice, and it is not worth going into this any further at this point. Anyone who reads their current electricity bill and sees the end consumer price of now over 40 cents per kilowatt hour will not recognise a myth, but the actual, new reality created by the last federal governments for all citizens!