Gorleben anti-nuclear protests

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The Gorleben anti-nuclear protests were a long-running grassroots movement in Germany opposing nuclear waste storage and nuclear power, centered around the proposed repository site near Gorleben in the Wendland region.

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instanceOf anti-nuclear movement
protest movement
social movement
aim end nuclear power in Germany
stop nuclear waste repository at Gorleben
cause designation of Gorleben as potential nuclear waste repository site
characteristic civil disobedience
non-violent resistance
country Germany NERFINISHED
influenced German anti-nuclear movement NERFINISHED
German energy policy debate
location Gorleben NERFINISHED
Lower Saxony NERFINISHED
Wendland NERFINISHED
mainFormOfProtest blockades
demonstrations
protest camps
sit-ins
mediaCoverage international environmental press
national media in Germany
movementType grassroots movement
notableProtestSite Gorleben interim storage facility GENERATED
railway line for Castor transports to Gorleben GENERATED
opposed Gorleben nuclear waste repository NERFINISHED
nuclear power
nuclear waste storage
participant anti-nuclear organizations
environmental activists
farmers
local residents of Wendland
politicalContext Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
West Germany NERFINISHED
relatedTo Castor nuclear waste transports
German nuclear phase-out
result increased public scrutiny of nuclear waste policy in Germany
strengthening of local citizen initiatives in Wendland
significantEvent 1980 Gorleben protest camp eviction
Castor transport protests
slogan Widerstand im Wendland
startDate 1977
symbol yellow X anti-nuclear sign
timePeriod 1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
late 1970s

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Wendland region knownFor Gorleben anti-nuclear protests