Photo Gallery Nuclear Headaches
The Krümmel nuclear power plant near Hamburg: A recent emergency shutdown of the plant has put its operators, the Swedish utility Vattenfall, under pressure.
The Krümmel plant had been shut down for two years after an accident in June 2007.
Firemen are seen at Krümmel in this June 2007 photo.
A transformer at the Krümmel plant caught fire in the June 2007 incident.
Smoke is seen during the June 2007 fire: The 2007 accident and the July 2009 incident have prompted some politicians to call for aging nuclear plants to be shut down.
The burnt-out transformer at Krümmel is seen in a July 2007 photo: Many members of the center-right Christian Democrats and the business-friendly Free Democratic Party want the operating lives of nuclear reactors to be extended.
The Krümmel control room in seen in an August 2007 photo: Vattenfall is now investigating the cause of the most recent incident.
