After nuclear power. Conversions of the nuclear age

Our nuclear power plants stand like landmarks in the German riverscapes - they are structural witnesses to a bitter social and political dispute about energy, economics and the assessment of technological consequences. Today, in the midst of the energy crisis, this dispute is more topical than ever. After the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Germany decided in 2011 to phase out nuclear energy: But why should all power plants now be dismantled on greenfield sites? Because only about 3 per cent of the grey energy contained in the gigantic building masses is actually radioactively contaminated. This book offers a factual approach to the history of nuclear energy, the technologies used, their dismantling and monument aspects. A photo essay by contemporary witness Günter Zint documents the protest culture associated with it. It also shows seven possibilities for the subsequent use of these inconvenient monuments - an approach that was not considered possible for a long time.