Isar-2 had literal decades of lifetime still left. it was among the most modern and safest plants in Europe.

the installed capacity is a nice number but unless you also install batteries AND take capacity factor into account, you’re replacing load following dispatchable generation with intermittent ones that is backed by literal fossil fuels

I mean just look at the carbon intensity of a German kWh

you can build cooling towers using a dry (closed loop) non-evaporative system, it’s just somewhat more expensive, but if water is scarce, you don’t need to use any of it.

or get it, and be very vocal when they try pulling some bs