Philippsburg nuclear plant pulled down, Germany

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 19 April 2020 at 10:25:49 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 11 May 2020 at 05:34:34 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 May 2020 at 05:34:01 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 19 May 2020 at 10:25:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Infrastructure, energy, nuclear power plant, climate change, Germany
Fig. 1 - S2 (19.04.2020) - Philippsburg nuclear power plant lies near Karlsruhe in Bade-Wurtemberg, within the Rhine Rift Valley.
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Fig. 2 - 19.05.2020 - Started in 1979, it has generated 355 billion TWh; 5 incidents were reported between 2001 & 2006.
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Following Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Germany’s politicians decided in 2011 that all 17 reactors in operation would be shut down by 2022.
Fig. 3 - S1 - Reactor 1 was decommissioned in 2011, reactor 2 on 31.12.2019, the two cooling towers were pulled down on 14 May 2020.
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Fig. 4 - 17.05.2020 - Coal & lignite make up 35% of German electricity. The end of its reliance on coal is programmed for 2038.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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