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by walshemj
3092 days ago
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Given that was the direct result of a panic over tsunami's in japan and guess what Germany doesn't have much of a coast line. The early mothballing of Germanys nuclear reactor which where being phased out is the direct cause of the increase. |
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The German government decided to extend the lifetime of some reactors shortly before the event but that plan was immediately scrapped again. Risk of tsunamis itself were not the reason but rather that the public overwhelmingly did not trust the operators to follow safe procedures given that the Japenese operator didn't. But again, nuclear power was really unpopular even before that.