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Has the Chornobyl reactor accident had consequences for German nuclear power plants?

Inspections carried out by the Reactor Safety Commission being in charge had the result that no obvious conclusions would have to be drawn for local nuclear power plants due to the cause and course of the reactor accident in Chernobyl. Anyhow, on-site accident management measures were introduced with which damage can be avoided even in case of multi-failures of safety equipment, which is, however, very improbable.

It is and will remain the objective of the "reactor safety policy" of the Federal Government to take care that technical-scientific progress and operational experience can be used to ensure and increase the safety of the use of nuclear energy.

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