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Bruninx 2012 is not backing up the claim that it was controversial, its a model of the (expected) power mix.
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As part of the Energiewende, Germany phased out nuclear power in 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/energiewende/fragen-und-antworten/kernkraft |title=Kernkraft |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130142253/https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/energiewende/fragen-und-antworten/kernkraft }}</ref> and plans to retire all existing [[coal power plant]]s by 2038.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/suche/einigung-zum-kohleausstieg-1712888|title=Bund und Länder einigen sich auf Stilllegungspfad zum Kohleausstieg|website=Bundesregierung|date=16 January 2020 }}</ref>
TheWhile the early retirement of the country's [[nuclear reactor]]s was particularlysupported by the general public, it was controversial between energy experts, fearing that it could have a negative impact on Germany's goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reflections on Germany's nuclear phaseout - Nuclear Engineering International|url=https://www.neimagazine.com/features/featurereflections-on-germanys-nuclear-phaseout-7941915/|website=www.neimagazine.com|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>
 
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