Key Facts: On Oct 25, 2025 at 12:00, Germany will detonate the two 160 m cooling towers of the former Gundremmingen nuclear plant in Bavariasueddeutsche.de. In a matter of seconds the 56,000 tons of reinforced concrete will collapse and be recycled as aggregatesueddeutsche.de. A large exclusion zone surrounds the sitesueddeutsche.de. About 10,000 spectators are expectedmerkur.demerkur.de. Engineers have cut structural slots and will trigger water-jet fountains to force the towers to collapse inward and bind dustmerkur.de. Gundremmingen was one of Germany’s first atomic power sites, so the implosion is seen as a symbolic end to the nuclear age in Bavariamerkur.de. RWE – the plant’s former operator – will immediately begin converting the site to renewables: four days post-blast it will break ground on what it calls “Germany’s largest” battery storage project to save solar energyfocus.de.