Inside the reactor room at the Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant. Scroll through the gallery to see more of Bernhard Ludewig's images of Germany's disappearing atomic energy industry.
Inside the reactor room at the Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant. Scroll through the gallery to see more of Bernhard Ludewig's images of Germany's disappearing atomic energy industry.
Bernhard Ludewig
Cooling towers at the Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant, which has been in operation since 1984.
Cooling towers at the Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant, which has been in operation since 1984.
Bernhard Ludewig
Inside the aluminum-paneled control room of the disused FR2 research reactor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Inside the aluminum-paneled control room of the disused FR2 research reactor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Bernhard Ludewig
Control rods pictured inside an open reactor at Emsland Nuclear Power Plant in northwestern Germany.
Control rods pictured inside an open reactor at Emsland Nuclear Power Plant in northwestern Germany.
Bernhard Ludewig
Fuel elements at the Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant, one of the last such facilities still operating in Germany.
Fuel elements at the Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant, one of the last such facilities still operating in Germany.
Bernhard Ludewig
The cooling tower at Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant was demolished in 2019, more than 30 years after the short-lived facility was decommissioned.
The cooling tower at Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant was demolished in 2019, more than 30 years after the short-lived facility was decommissioned.
Bernhard Ludewig
Ludewig often seeks out symmetrical forms, like these cooling pipes in the basement of Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant.
Ludewig often seeks out symmetrical forms, like these cooling pipes in the basement of Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant.
Bernhard Ludewig
Inside the control room of the of the Jülich research reactor FRJ-2, which operated from 1962 to 2006.
Inside the control room of the of the Jülich research reactor FRJ-2, which operated from 1962 to 2006.
Bernhard Ludewig
The cooling system of the Berlin Research Reactor II (BER II), which remains in operation today.
The cooling system of the Berlin Research Reactor II (BER II), which remains in operation today.
Bernhard Ludewig
Inside an exploratory mine, drilled beneath the town of Gorleben, where radioactive waste may be permanently stored.
Inside an exploratory mine, drilled beneath the town of Gorleben, where radioactive waste may be permanently stored.
Bernhard Ludewig
As well as power plants, Ludewig also photographed training facilities, such as this simulation control center in Essen.
As well as power plants, Ludewig also photographed training facilities, such as this simulation control center in Essen.
Bernhard Ludewig
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