The process of decommissioning is underway as of January 2020 beginning with defueling and dismantling of primary coolant lines.

The plants operator EnBW expects the decommissioning process to take around 10-15 years.

[1] For the first unit, parts made for the cancelled Wyhl plant were used.

[2] Following the incident at the Fukushima plant in Japan reactor 1 was closed on 17 March 2011 for a three-month moratorium on nuclear power.

Subsequent legislation caused the end of Philippsburg-2's operation on the evening of 31 December 2019.