 Under the phase out policy for nuclear power in Germany, the plant was scheduled to shut down on 31 December 2015.Citing economical reasons, E.ON declared intent to shut down the plant earlier, originally at end of May 2015.The Grafenrheinfeld plant was taken offline on June 28, six months before scheduled to close on December 3, 2015 as part of Germany's ongoing policy to shut all nuclear power plants down in the country by 2022.