"To date, there is no evidence that the reactor accident has caused adverse health effects due to radiation in Germany."
In some regions they are still today monitoring the cesium content of grass and moss, and bringing sheep and reindeer in for the weeks before slaughter to be fed hay from other regions to ensure the meat is within acceptable dose limits.
Edit - link to map: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy-Mousseau/public...
In 1986 one plant had a major accident, and look at all that contamination across western and northern Europe, thousands of kilometers away. Hundreds of millions of people were affected, and the consequences are still quite real, 35 years later.
https://www.bfs.de/EN/topics/ion/environment/foodstuffs/mush...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Exclusion_Zone#/medi...
Do we know if younger Germans are more open to nuclear power than Cold War era ones?
Considering that Germany is an american vassal with significant russian influence, it's more likely political factions tied to US and Russia. US doesn't want Germany to develop nuclear energy because nuclear energy research is the same thing as a nuclear weapons research. A nuclear armed germany is pretty much an independent germany which is something no empire desires. Empire and freedom/independence/sovereignty don't mix. And russians don't want germany to develop nuclear energy because they want to sell more oil/gas to germany and gain more influence over germany/europe.
Completely wrong. A NATO-Russia war could have been (and still could) be fought entirely in central Europe. This might include tactical nuclear weapons, delivered by short- and medium-range missiles and aircraft. This is why it was said that "In Germany, the towns are only two kilotons apart" (<https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/12/11/n...>).
To put another way, it's possible to realistically imagine a war in which Germany is hit with nuclear weapons but the US and Russia aren't. It's not realistic to imagine a war in which the US and Russia are hit with nukes but Germany isn't.
Also, people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Light_Teams
(Yes, nuclear power / nuclear weapons, but in the 70s that wasn't a clear distinction)