Nuclear Power: Cost, Benefits & Black Swans | American Council on Science and Health

Nuclear Power: Cost, Benefits & Black Swans | American Council on Science and Health: At one point, nuclear power provided 25% of Germany's electricity. But the fallout from Chernobyl, both political and real, led to a moratorium on construction and an initial planned phaseout of all nuclear reactors by 2022. That deadline subsequently was extended to 2032, but after the events at Fukushima in Japan, the phaseout policy deadline reverted back to two years from