- 1972: started building its first nuclear power plant
- 1978: parliament decides to ban nuclear power for 20 years
- 1997: ban is made permanent
Note that the initial decision for the ban was even before Chernobyl (the event that greatly boosted anti-nuclear sentiment in Europe).
What's important to keep in mind is that fuel from nuclear power plants can also be used for developing nuclear weapons, so historically only states "trustworthy" to the US or the former USSR were allowed access to the technology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_proliferation#Dual-Use...).
Also, Austria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Austria
Short timeline:
- 1972: started building its first nuclear power plant
- 1978: parliament decides to ban nuclear power for 20 years
- 1997: ban is made permanent
Note that the initial decision for the ban was even before Chernobyl (the event that greatly boosted anti-nuclear sentiment in Europe).
What's important to keep in mind is that fuel from nuclear power plants can also be used for developing nuclear weapons, so historically only states "trustworthy" to the US or the former USSR were allowed access to the technology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_proliferation#Dual-Use...).