No question, that's a victory for Hanau.
There will be no more storage facility for low-level radioactive waste in the city.
The Federal Administrative Court shares the opinion of the municipality that there is no space for this in the commercial area in the Wolfgang district.
This put an end to the long-standing dispute over the corresponding building permit.
For the city, this is far more than a success in a procedure for another hall - there are already two warehouses there, approved around 40 years ago - it is also a question of image.
Because it was about a project on the site from which the German nuclear industry was once fired.
It was the largest location for the nuclear industry in Europe, companies like Nukem, Alkem and RBU manufactured fuel rods there for the reactors in Biblis, Grundremmingen, Philippsburg and elsewhere.
In the dispute over the so-called nuclear village, the first red-green coalition in Hesse fell apart;
During a demonstration against nuclear power plants in 1986, a police officer had his pistol taken from him, which was later used to shoot two officers dead on the west runway at Frankfurt Airport.
The terrain is steeped in history.
A remarkable conversion
A history that Hanau was happy to end with.
The reputation of the high-tech location, in which Internet giants like Google are also investing, is much better and much better advertised than with controversial nuclear power, even if it is celebrating an unexpected renaissance in Europe and part of the climate protection movement.
In fact, a remarkable conversion has been achieved in Wolfgang, which is a good argument for Hanau in the competition between locations.
Beyond all considerations for the reputation of a commercial location, a warehouse with only a few jobs is certainly not particularly attractive for the city.
According to his own statements, Lord Mayor Claus Kaminsky is just as happy as he was in 2018 when the Frankfurt footballers won the cup against Munich.
It is granted to him.