The hazardous legacy of nuclear waste and the difficulty of disposing it, added to the catastrophe at Chernobyl meant that many countries lost their appetite for nuclear power.

危险的核废弃物和对其处理的困难，再加上切尔诺贝利核电站的事件，使得很多国家失去了利用核能的兴趣。

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In few countries is nuclear energy the hot-button issue it is in Germany, where polls show some 70% of the populace opposes it, the legacy of a broad-based antinuclear movement that harks back to the 1986 Chernobyl accident.

WSJ: Germany to Forsake Its Nuclear Reactors