Security, justice and the energy crossroads: assessing the implications of the nuclear phase-out in Germany

Robert Wilhelm Michael Rehner; Darren McCauley

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2015.10.038

Security, justice and the energy crossroads: assessing the implications of the nuclear phase-out in Germany

Robert Wilhelm Michael Rehner, Darren McCauley

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The nuclear melt-down in Fukushima resulted in diverging energy policy decisions across the world where Germany decided to opt out of nuclear electricity production. Yet, the government’s decision-making framework for energy policy decisions does not accurately reflect important drivers for the strategy change. This paper presents the Energy Crossroads framework as a more comprehensive tool to analyse the drivers and impacts of the nuclear phase-out. 20 expert interviews were performed across business participants as well as policy makers in the national and international energy context. Results show that Germany has adopted an environmental justice, rather than energy security, stance in their nuclear phase out policy, with significant long-term consequences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-298
Journal	Energy Policy
Volume	88
Early online date	3 Dec 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.10.038
Publication status	Published - 30 Jan 2016

Keywords

Energy transition
Energiewende
Nuclear energy
Enery security
Environmental justice
Energy crossroads

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Security, justice and the energy crossroads: assessing the implications of the nuclear phase-out in Germany

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