Badly and those aren't even the only problem with coal power just skim through this article about the Hambscher Forst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambach_Forest I am not saying that nuclear is the worst way to generate power, but if germany would have wanted to continue using it, the time would have been 20-30 years ago. The last exosting plants, which were shut down a few years ago, weren't up to the task anymore, especially when looming at the problem france's reactors have with the heat every year

See that big space up there with the clouds? Let's just put it there.