>> What I dread most at
>> the moment is the years of droning we are in for from rabid puritanical unrealistic
>> anti-nuclear wonks.
Too late AC, the droning has started, even a congressman in the States has jumped om the bandwagon
BBC
However, possible implications outside Japan are already beginning to emerge.
In Germany, scene of a big anti-nuclear protest on Saturday, Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen suggested that safety systems at nuclear plants would be analysed anew in the light of the Fukushima incident.
"This happened in a country with very high safety standards... the fundamental question of whether we can guard against all dangers is now open again, and we will address that question," he said.
In the UK, the Stop Hinckley pressure group has called for a halt to a proposed new reactor at Hinckley Point in southwest England, on safety grounds.
Environment groups are beginning to feature Fukushima in their energy communications - and whatever actually happens at the site, it is likely to become a major card in campaigns to promote renewable energy above nuclear.
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