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Germany enacts the post-Fukushima nuclear phase-out

In June 2011 the Bundestag reversed the 2010 life-extension and set a 2022 nuclear exit after Fukushima. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Nuclear-Energy Deployment.

Sources: [1][2]

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In June 2011 the Bundestag reversed the 2010 life-extension and set a 2022 nuclear exit after Fukushima. Eight plants closed immediately; the rest were dated. It is a completed energy statute of her second term.

Who was responsible

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  • Angela Merkel

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.7 · verified

    She reversed her own 2010 policy. The Bundestag voted. Operators shut units on the statutory calendar.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactGermany enacts the post-Fukushima nuclear phase-out
    2. weakensDriverNuclear-Energy Deployment

    impact weight 0.7 · Effect from 30 June 2011 · verified

    A dated nuclear exit reduces nuclear deployment and raises the gas-and-coal share in the transition.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — Germany votes to exit nuclear powerReuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Atomgesetz — nuclear phase-out amendmentsGesetze im Internet · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAngela Merkel
  2. contributed toFactGermany enacts the post-Fukushima nuclear phase-out
  3. weakensDriverNuclear-Energy Deployment

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Factrail. (2026). Germany enacts the post-Fukushima nuclear phase-out. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/de-merkel-nuclear-exit-2011

https://factrail.ai/facts/de-merkel-nuclear-exit-2011

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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