Germany to delay phase-out of nuclear plants to shore up energy security...Last two working plants were due to be mothballed, but will be used as emergency reserve into 2023 after Russia cuts off gas
France to Start Up 32 Nuclear Reactors to Ease Electricity Crisis
Mothballed or decommissioned?
Mothballed means shut down; but still certified. They can be brought back online, and are good to go
Decommissioned is permanent. All certs on all equipment are cancelled and the equipment is to be scrapped.
Mothballed is always better.
In Germany two of the three remaining NPP will be mothballed the third decommissioned. France´s NPPs are decades old and need to be replaced at least serviced. But they are desperately needed, so the dying fish in the overheated rivers don´t count any more. it´s funny that we purchased french electricity from an unsafe technology (the reason why Germany abandoned all the NPPs) when we had no wind nor sun in the past years.