>Although I think some among the anti-nuclear movement may have had subversive intent

This is a dramatic understatement. It was coordinated by the Rockefeller Foundation from the very beginning:

https://atomicinsights.com/how-did-leaders-of-the-hydrocarbo...

>They may be wrong about the relative safety of nuclear power but they aren't morally defective people, so shaming them isn't appropriate.

The moral failing that you're missing is arrogance. People who actually study radiation were not leading this movement.