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Opposition to nuclear power growing, after Spanish earthquake

Spanish Quake Jolts European Nuclear Debate, WSJ.com 16 May 11, The earthquake’s most lasting impact, however, may be felt in Europe’s nuclear debate….Indeed it reached fever-pitch in the Basque Country in the 1980s, when the construction of a nuclear plant there led to the involvement of terrorist group ETA, which murdered several workers and managed to stop the plant from being used.

Things have quietened down a tad since then, but the debate continues. Polls show that a majority of Spaniards tend to be more or less opposed to nuclear power, a trend that was reinforced by Japan’s nuclear crisis in March and now by the Spanish earthquake…Spanish Quake Jolts European Nuclear Debate – The Source – WSJ

May 17, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general