> The fear of nuclear power in Germany comes from the Tschernobyl disaster 1986.
Tschernobyl was almost forgotten, at least by the politicians in power, but then Fukushima happend.
Tschernobyl was almost forgotten, at least by the politicians in power, but then Fukushima happend.
Chernobyl is the defining moment of the anti-nuclear movement (and I'm not only talking about active protestors like in Lüchow-Dannenberg, most Germens have some of it inside themselves, even if they don't actively march on the streets).
It is really hard to overestimate the effect of the word "Chernobyl" in Germany.
The movement is much older. I remember, that the anti-nuclear movement was already very active and in heat around 1980-82 (Biblis). The broad public, the mainstream, started accepting this threat with Chernobyl.
In addition I might add that we are sourrounded by countries that we don't trust to be able to feed their citizes reliably. Less so when it comes to reactor security.
I beg your pardon?