In early 2008 a group of scientists and academics forming the Nuclear Consultation Working Group released a report criticising government proposals to build a new generation of nuclear power plants . Contributors included : George Monbiot , an English writer known for his environmental and political activism , once expressed deep antipathy to the nuclear industry . He finally rejected his later neutral position regarding nuclear power in March 2011 . Although he " still loathe s the liars who run the nuclear industry " , Monbiot now advocates its use , having been convinced of its relative safety by what he considers the limited effects of the 2011 Japan tsunami on nuclear reactors in the region . Subsequently , he has harshly condemned the anti-nuclear movement , writing that it " has misled the world about the impacts of radiation on human health ... made claims ungrounded in science , unsupportable when challenged and wildly wrong "
2011 Japan tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom