Uwe Geppert, shift leader of the radiation protection team, works on
parts of a turbine during deconstruction work at the former nuclear
power plant in Wuergassen, Germany, February 18, 2003. The nuclear
power plant in Wuergassen, which came on line in 1971, was shot down in
1995 because it was unprofitable and is being dismantled since 1997.
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