That's what I am often wondering about. A large part of Germans have developed a completly exaggerated fear of nuclear energy, acting almost like cult or if the

That's what I am often wondering about. A large part of Germans have developed a completly exaggerated fear of nuclear energy, acting almost like cult or if they are in a mass delusion. One example: When I say to some of my friends that I would be perfectly fine living near an underground long term storage facility for nuclear waste, they do not believe me or think I am a moron. They really think that facility could either blow up or the radiation will kill you in your sleep. And those are doctors, judges and other people with higher education. One influential German politician even claimed, that the Fukushima incident killed 16000 people, simply attributing most of the deaths from the tsunami to the Fukushima powerplant. And those people are now in power of this country. I have no idea if this development was controlled by interest groups or they spiralled into that mindset themselves, which would not even surprise me.