Debates concerning nuclear energy in the wake of Fukushima are mainly contra to nuclear proliferation, reactor accidents and economic competitiveness, and public opinion continues to raise rationalized concerns, thereby calling for the ban of nuclear energy. When it comes to policy making, the issues of securing the energy supply, environmental pollution, global warming and climate change provide reasons to reappraise its potential share in European power production. European countries like Austria and Italy today have no plans to build nuclear power plants, while others are officially...