After a decades-long dispute which had divided Germany, the country has finally decided that on Saturday (April 15), it will pull the plug on its last three nuclear power stations and there has been a range of reactions.

Explained | Germany to end its decades-old nuclear power era. What now?

As the power crisis looms in Germany following sanctions on Russian gas, Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday announced to keep three of its remaining nuclear power plants in operation at least until mid-April.

Amid looming power crunch, Germany decides to extend operations of remaining 3 nuclear plants

Faced with an energy crisis at the hands of Russia, Germany has taken a U-turn from its plans of a nuclear exit and announced on Monday that it would keep two of its nuclear plants on standby beyond the end of this year.

'Only thing reliable from Russia is lies': Faced with energy crisis Germany takes a U-turn to nuclear energy

Germany has shut down half of its six nuclear power plants, kickstarting its 11-year plan to phase out the use of atomic power. Under Germany’s energy transition policy, the nuclear plants in the Gundremmingen, Brokdorf, and Grohnde were decommissioned on December 31, 2021, after three-and-a-half decades of operation, as the European country shifts from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Germany pulls the plug on 3 of six nuclear power plants, remaining to be shut by 2022-end

Germany has passed a law to phase-out coal as an energy source by 2038 amid protests by environmental activists. The climate activists are furious over the gradual timetable of the decision and said that the government is making a lot of compensation to the energy companies.

Germany becomes first major nation to phase out coal and nuclear