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voted in favor of a ban (BGBI. No. 676) on using nuclear fission for Austria’s energy supply until March 1998. This law also prohibits the storage and transport of nuclear materials in or through Austria. Nuclear energy continued to be debated in Austria, with some politicians seeking to reverse the
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In 2012, Austria called on Europe to abandon nuclear power. Austria has particularly sought to pressure the Czech Republic to dismantle the Temelin nuclear power-plant near the Austrian border. The Czech Republic has defended the nuclear power-plant as safe and better than alternatives such as
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reactor. In 1976, two years prior to the nuclear power-plant opening, the government began a program to educate its citizens on the benefits and safety of nuclear power. However, this campaign began a public discussion that led to large demonstrations against the Zwentendorf plant in 1977.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.; Thurner, Paul W., eds. (2017). "5. Austria: Rejecting Nuclear Energy—From Party Competition Accident to State Doctrine".
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In 2022, Austria filed a legal challenge to prevent the European Union from including nuclear energy as a category of green investment.
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unanimously ordered a nuclear power-plant built. In 1972, the German company KWU began construction of the
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Nuclear energy in Austria

Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant
Austrian government
parliament
Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant
MWe
Austrian Parliament
Chernobyl accident
anti-nuclear
Leonore Gewessler
greenwashing
Austria portal
icon
Energy portal
Anti-nuclear movement in Austria
"Referenda and Nuclear Power Plants – A Historical Overview"
the original
"Austria: First country with official anti-nuclear policy"
The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe
doi
10.1093/oso/9780198747031.001.0001
"Coalition of Nuclear-Free Countries: Anti-nuclear resolution of the Austrian Parliament"
the original



"Austria and Czech Republic divided over nuclear power"
"Austria launches legal case over EU's 'greenwashing' of nuclear & gas"
"Austria launches legal case over EU's 'greenwashing' of nuclear & gas"

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