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
169,000 people attended an anti-nuclear protest in Bonn, West Germany, on 14 October 1979, following the Three Mile Island accident.
Anti-nuclear demonstration in Colmar, northeastern France, on 3 October 2009
Anti-nuclear power plant Rally following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster on 19 September 2011, at Meiji Shrine complex in Tokyo, Japan
Women Strike for Peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, located on the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, Dauph
Anti-nuclear movement
…Pro-nuclear movement). A protest against nuclear power occurred in July 1977 in Bilbao, Spain, with up to 200,000 people in attendance. Following the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, an anti-nuclear protest was held in New York City, involving 200,000 people. In 1981, Germany's largest anti-nuclear power demonstration took…
Three Mile Island nuclear facility, c. 1979
Three Mile Island in background behind Harrisburg International Airport, a few weeks after the accident
A clean-up crew working to remove radioactive contamination at Three Mile Island
After the accident, Three Mile Island used only one nuclear generating station, TMI-1, which is on the right. TMI-2, to the left, has not been used since the accident.