Concise overview:
The topic of nuclear energy seems to be done to most people in Germany, even to those interested in politics. Everyone feels assured since taking the power plants off the grid in 2022 has been stipulated.
So everything is just fine? Unfortunately no!
German research facilities participate in research on new types of nuclear power plants. In addition, nuclear fuel elements are still being produced in Germany. Those elements are used in power plants close to the German border [1]. The French nuclear corporate group AREVA (now called Framatom and Orano) has an in-service training facility on the campus of Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Nord (KIT), which was formerly known as a dedicated nuclear research facility called Kernforschungszentrums Karlsruhe [2].
Research on new nuclear power plants has been accumulated in Karlsruhe. Research institutes such as KIT [3], and especially the Joint Research Center (JRC-Dir G) of the European Union [4] are working on 4th generation nuclear power plants [5].
