Nuclear Energy in Germany - Nuclear Power Stations in Germany, Anti-Nuclear Movement in Germany, Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Nuclear power stations in Germany, Anti-nuclear movement in Germany, Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear power in Germany, Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant, Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant, THTR-300, Stade Nuclear Power Plant, Krummel Nuclear Power Plant, Biblis Nuclear Power Plant, SNR-300, Isar Nuclear Power Plant, Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant, Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant, Mulheim-Karlich Nuclear Power Plant, AVR reactor, Stendal Nuclear Power Plant, Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant, Brunsbuttel Nuclear Power Plant, Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant, Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant, Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant, Emsland Nuclear Power Plant, Gesellschaft fur Nuklear Service, Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant, Kahl Nuclear Power Plant, Asse, Forschungsreaktor 2, Free Republic of Wendland, Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH, E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, RWE Power AG, Lingen Nuclear Power Plant. Excerpt: The anti-nuclear movement in Germany has a long history dating back to the early 1970s, when large demonstrations prevented the construction of a nuclear plant at Wyhl. The Whyl protests were an example of a local community challenging the nuclear industry through a strategy of direct action and civil disobedience. Police were accused of using unnecessarily violent means. Anti-nuclear success at Wyhl inspired nuclear opposition throughout Germany, in other parts of Europe, and in North America. In 1986, large parts of Germany were covered with radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl disaster and Germans went to great lengths to deal with the contamination. Germany's anti-nuclear stance was strengthened. From the mid-1990s onwards, anti-nuclear protests were primarily directed against transports of radioactive waste called "castor" containers. In September 2010, German government policy shifted back toward nucle...