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I told the attendees of the Denkfabrik R 21 conference that Germany is a sleeping nuclear giant and has the capabilities to restore, reliable, cheap power, reverse deindustrialization and restore its energy security by following the Canadian and US lead in refurbishing and restarting it’s partially decommissioned nuclear fleet. A detailed engineering study from @RadiantEnergyG with close collaboration with @Nuklearia demonstrates as much. @Nuklearia is at the forefront of developing the cutting-edge policies needed to reverse two decades of disastrous energy decisions. Germany’s nuclear phaseout was a political choice. It can be politically reversed. Six reactors deserve urgent consideration for restart: Brokdorf, Emsland, Grohnde, Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2 and Gundremmingen C. These power plants can be restarted at fraction of the cost and time required for new construction, with the most promising reactors potentially returning to service within a few years. Ontario has demonstrated the value of restarting retired nuclear capacity. American projects at Three Mile Island, Palisades and Duane Arnold are following suit. Germany also has a special responsibility to act. More than four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Europe remains the largest customer for Russian LNG. Astonishingly, 97% of shipments from Russia’s Yamal LNG project went to the EU in the first half of 2026. Restoring Germany’s nuclear fleet would help rebuild its industrial competitiveness, reduce deadly air pollution and reduces dependence on Russian LNG. The greatest obstacle is political will. As Milton Friedman argued, our task is to keep policies alive until the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable. @Nuklearia is doing precisely that.