Germany Plans to Keep Last Three Nuke Plants Open in Policy U-Turn

The Neckarwestheim 2 nuclear power plant in Baden-Wurttemberg, is one of the last nuclear plants still operating in the country. (Photo: AFP)

Germany plans to postpone the closure of the country's last three nuclear power plants as it braces for a possible shortage of energy this winter after Russia throttled gas supplies to the country, said German government officials.

While temporary, the move would mark the first departure from a policy initiated in the early 2000s to phase out nuclear energy in Germany and which had over time become enshrined in political consensus.