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===Arguments for the phase-out===
==== Environment ====
Anti-nuclear politicians state [[environmental concerns with electricity generation#Nuclear power|environmental concerns with nuclear power]] as arguments for a phase-out. A main concern against the use of [[nuclear power]] for energy production is [[safety]] of the [[natural environment|environment]] and people. [[List of nuclear accidents|Nuclear accidents in the past]], including some at civilian power plants, have released [[radioactive contamination]]. The biggest, at [[Chernobyl accident|Chernobyl]], caused 43 deaths (including latent cancer deaths), hurt many people and rendered large amounts of land unusable for the next few centuries. IAEA report estimated that up to 4000 '''could''' die as a result of the accident. Some fear that more [[List of nuclear and radiation accidents|accidents]] will happen.<ref name="7020.php">[http://www.bmu.de/atomenergie/doc/7020.php] {{dead link|date=June 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/nuclear Nuclear | Greenpeace International]. Greenpeace.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-04.</ref>
[[Environmental movement|Environmental groups]] criticize the environmental aspects of [[radiation]]. They criticize [[nuclear fuel cycle|mining, enrichment and long-term storage]] of spent [[nuclear fuel]] and the disposal of [[nuclear waste]]. Groups warn of [[radioactive contamination]] and demand a strict adherence to the [[precautionary principle]] where technologies are rejected unless they can be proven to not cause significant harm to the health of living things or the [[biosphere]].<ref name="7020.php"/>
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