@article{THESIS,
      recid = {11816},
      author = {Fisher, Samuel},
      title = {Powering Off: The Delayed Death of German Nuclear Energy  during the Russian-Ukraine War},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {B.A.},
      address = {2024-06},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {The German Government decided to delay the closure of its  last three nuclear reactors at the end of 2022 during the  Russian-Ukraine War, but they still chose to follow through  with that closure in 2023. This paper analyzes the  political factors, through political history, press  releases, and statistical data, that led the German Federal  Government and its Green Party to decide to shut down these  last three plants. With media accounts and polling data,  this paper discusses the German public's positive and  negative reactions to this decision. Thereafter, an  economic, environmental, and political analysis is  conducted to determine whether the closure of these last  three nuclear plants was the correct decision for Germany.  Ultimately, this paper concludes that the German Green  Party’s refusal to compromise on its foundational goal of  ending nuclear energy led to a decline in its popularity as  a result of changing preferences among the German public.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11816},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11816},
}