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> 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 th
by vog 9y ago
> 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.
- pizzapill 9y agoNot by the populace tough. I mean our politicians were happy to kill off the planet 30 years ago until many citizens started to protest for environmentaly concious politics. Now its mainstream in German politics and almost all other countries start similar programs currently. I mean even the US starts to hear the bells ringing in the last couple of years and is implementing policies that they shoul've implemented 30 years ago. 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.
- Tomte 9y agoNo, this fear is still very much alive, even in my generation who was alive back then, but too young to really remember. 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.
- zmix 9y ago> Chernobyl is the defining moment of the anti-nuclear movement 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.
- Tomte 9y agoThat makes it the defining moment, IMO. I did not say the "starting moment" or something similar. There is simply nothing that compares.