Germany had many of the best and state of the art nuclear plants made but decommissioned them due to the greenies terrifying the public and making bogus claims wind and solar will do the job, well it didn't and it never will. Now the natural gas supply is under thread they are in a bit of a panic.France seems to be able to embrace the Atom and they are some of the most laid back folks on the planet. If the French can engineer and use the atom reliably, I'd think it would be child's play for the Germans. It's a policy problem, not a technical problem.