In Gundremmingen, Bavaria, residents are preparing for the end of their nuclear power plant. An event accepted by the population and which allowed the village to generate funds, then invested in the construction of a new school class and the construction of a housing estate for 16 families.

The concern does not weaken in Fessenheim, while the shutdown of one of the two reactors of the nuclear power plant was initiated in the night from Friday to Saturday. The second will also suffer the same fate on June 30. A situation feared by the population who did not fail to show their incomprehension in the face of this decision. Elsewhere, too, nuclear power plants are set aside. And on this issue, Germany may have something to inspire us. The country has, in fact, decided to end nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster. This is particularly the case for Gundremmingen, in Bavaria, which experiences the same situation as Fessenheim.

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"The village is preparing for the closure. Even without the power plant, there is life going on," explains, at the microphone of Europe 1, one of its inhabitants who lives right in front of the power plant. Of the three cooling towers, two already stop smoking, and next year it will be definitely over. "For us, it's like the bell tower of the village. It's going to be really weird," adds another.

Investments for the city thanks to money from the power plant

But as the former mayor, Wolfgang Mayer specifies: "you will not find anyone in Gundremmingen to deplore the closure". "No, I can tell you, nuclear is a transitional technology. It was clear to everyone that one day would be over," he said.

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Thanks to nuclear money, the town has indeed become one of the richest in Germany. It took the opportunity to lower its taxes and the price of its land increasing its attractiveness. Today it hosts two activity zones with more than 200 companies. The former mayor did the accounts: "This represents a real pactole in corporate tax. We largely compensate for the financial losses of the end of the plant. The municipality also bought entire buildings in Munich, whose money from rents made it possible to finance, last year, a new class in the school and the construction of a housing estate for 16 families.