European Journal | Nuclear Power - Why not?

2009-09-17 36

Germany has traditionally been the home of the anti-nuclear movement and a role model for Green parties in other European countries. While they were in office,the Greens fought successfully to have Germany phase out its nuclear reactors.But now Germans are considering getting back into the atomic energy business. Advocates say it's a reliable source of energy and even claim that it's environmentally-friendly. So have the Greens lost their way? And how are they being viewed abroad?