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by imagine99 1830 days ago
1986: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Nuclear_deb...

2011: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa... and in the aftermath for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#German...

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One would hope that after such a disaster, and given the pros of the underlying technology, more funding and research would be focused on safety, rather than abandoning it.

I wonder to which degree has nuclear power's association with nuclear weapons affected its public perception.