Goodbye, Grohnde

Dr. Anna Veronika Wendland is a scientist at the Herder Institute
and a historian of science and technology. She calls in from
Germany's Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant in its final 24 hours of
operation. Germany has forced the political closure of its
remaining six nuclear plants, three of which—Grohnde, Brokdorf,
and Gunndremingen—are being lost this New Year's Eve, 2021.


Dr. Wendland conducts her research at Grohnde and has dealt
heavily with the human factors of nuclear energy and nuclear
safety. As we discuss these human factors, she offers exceptional
insight into the on-the-ground happenings of the plant as it
prepares to close, as well as how broader anti-nuclear policy in
Germany will continue to play out even as public opinion shows
signs of shifting away from its historically anti-nuclear
paradigm.


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