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Germany’s decommissioned nuclear power plant at Grafenrheinfeld has been demolished after a short delay. The demolition of the plant’s two, 143-metre cooling towers was originally planned to take place at 17.30 local time but was pushed back to almost 20:00 after a pro-atomic energy activist scaled one of the pylons in protest at its destruction. Police spokesperson Denis Stegner said the unnamed activist chained themselves to the pylon 10 metres above the ground and a special team was deployed to free him before he was taken away by police. Construction of the Grafenrheinfeld site in the sout…

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