Anti-nuclear movement

169,000 people attended an anti-nuclear protest in Bonn, West Germany, on 14 October 1979, following the Three Mile Island accident

Anti-nuclear protest on 14 October 1979 in Bonn, capital city of West Germany

Three renewable energy sources: solar energy, wind power, and hydroelectricity

[[File:Andasol Guadix 4.jpg|thumb|right|The 150 MW Andasol Solar Power Station] [[File:Anti-EPR demonstration in Toulouse 0166 2007-03-17.jpg|thumb|right|A scene from the 2007 Stop EPR (European Pressurised Reactor) protest in Toulouse, France]] Anti-nuclear movement is a social and political movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, national, and international level. The initial objective of the movement was nuclear disarmament, though since the late 1960s opposition has included the use of nuclear power. Many anti-nuclear groups oppose both nuclear power and nuclear weapons. The formation of green parties in the 1970s and 1980s was often a direct result of anti-nuclear politics.

Origins

The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, national, and international level. The initial objective of the movement was nuclear disarmament, though since the late 1960s opposition has included the use of nuclear power. Many anti-nuclear groups oppose both nuclear power and nuclear weapons. The formation of green parties in the 1970s and 1980s was often a direct result of anti-nuclear politics.

Nuclear disarmament

Nuclear disarmament refers to both the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons and to the end state of a nuclear-weapon-free world, in which nuclear weapons are completely eliminated. The term denuclearization is also used to describe the process leading to complete nuclear disarmament.

Nuclear power and the environment

The anti-nuclear movement has been based on concerns about nuclear accidents and radiation from nuclear plants and nuclear waste. The Chernobyl disaster and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are two of the most publicized nuclear accidents.

Anti-nuclear groups and campaigns

There are large anti-nuclear groups that have evolved based on concerns about nuclear power: Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, and Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Some of the most influential groups in the anti-nuclear movement have had members who were elite scientists, including several Nobel Laureates and many nuclear physicists.

See also

• Nuclear power
• Nuclear weapons
• Nuclear disarmament
• Nuclear accidents
• Chernobyl disaster
• Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

• Anti-nuclear power plant rally in Tokyo, Japan]]
  Anti-nuclear power plant rally in Tokyo, Japan]]
• Members of Nevada Desert Experience hold a prayer vigil during the Easter period of 1982 at the entrance to the Nevada Test Site.
  Members of Nevada Desert Experience hold a prayer vigil during the Easter period of 1982 at the entrance to the Nevada Test Site.
• Anti-nuclear protesters shot with water cannons in Taiwan
  Anti-nuclear protesters shot with water cannons in Taiwan
• Anti-nuclear protest in 1979 following the Three Mile Island accident
  Anti-nuclear protest in 1979 following the Three Mile Island accident
• Start of anti-nuclear march from Geneva to Brussels, 2009
  Start of anti-nuclear march from Geneva to Brussels, 2009
• Anti-nuclear demonstration in Colmar, northeastern France, on 3 October 2009
  Anti-nuclear demonstration in Colmar, northeastern France, on 3 October 2009
• Eight of the seventeen operating reactors in Germany
  Eight of the seventeen operating reactors in Germany
• President Jimmy Carter leaving the Three Mile Island accident for Middletown, Pennsylvania, 1 April 1979
  President Jimmy Carter leaving the Three Mile Island accident for Middletown, Pennsylvania, 1 April 1979
• Castor demonstration in Dannenberg, Germany, November 2011
  Castor demonstration in Dannenberg, Germany, November 2011
• On 12 December 1982
  On 12 December 1982
• Demonstration in Lyon, France, in the 1980s against nuclear tests
  Demonstration in Lyon, France, in the 1980s against nuclear tests
• Following the 2011 Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster
  Following the 2011 Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster