Quite frankly, the entire debate annoys me to no end, and I don't quite understand why it is Germany that is so sensitive about it. I, personally, don't object to nuclear power in itself, as long as it is handled in a responsible and safe fashion (Hint: Chernobyl was not.), which seems to be very well the case in Germany and Europe in general. It certainly is cleaner than oil or coal, and, as those recourses begin to run out/become unaffordable, probably also cheaper. I don't think in the long run our energy needs cannot be sustained by nuclear power, but for the moment, quickly stepping out of nuclear power is unwise and, put simply, ludicriously expensive. Fact is, about 20% of all energy in Germany is generated through nuclear power, so, while it's wise to invest in renewable energies and fusion, once graspable, we can't simply stop all power plants as once, as people seem to demand.
Also, I think that Fukushima doesn't exactly work as a good example. The plant was hit with a huge earthquake, followed by a tsunami, things that simply don't happen, at least not on that scale, here in Germany. For the record, the last big incident I've heard of here in Germany was a simple fire in a transformer. No horrible radiation leaks, no kilometer-wide exclusion zones, and yet the fallout (in the media, that is) still was huge, and, in my opinion, fairly overblown.
