Why is Germany phasing out nuclear power?

Question

Was just reading an article about the G-8 meeting in Japan and their pledge to fight skyrocketing energy prices. In the article, it stated the following:

"Germany, however, said it would not join the effort. Jochen Homann, Germany's economics minister, said Berlin was sticking to its decision to phase out nuclear power."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080608/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_meeting

Does anyone have any background info as to why Germany made this decision? (facts only please, not anti-nuclear rants).

Answer 1

Cold fusion , has been discussed for a good while now. Germany is a very educated place. If not the highest educated place on the world. They have a very good value system on what is right, and wrong. Although they can be persuaded if a individual is manipulative. I think they are back on the right track though. Nuclear energy has a waste and has a high risk of damaging land permanently if not done 100% correct. There are better/cleaner/safer ways to create energy in, finite amounts.

Answer 2

I think they too were entertaining the thought of wind power