The TMI accident stimulated a rise in anti-nuclear sentiment.
Bowie was a cautious man and his two previous reports on leukaemia incidence in the county had not been tinged with any anti-nuclear sentiment.
Historian Lawrence S. Wittner has argued that anti-nuclear sentiment and activism led directly to government policy shifts about nuclear weapons.
"By shattering the government's long-pitched safety myth about nuclear power, the crisis dramatically raised public awareness about energy use and sparked strong anti-nuclear sentiment".
Why pursue a policy that spawns anti-nuclear and anti-American sentiment on NATO's front line?
There are no nuclear power plants in Austria, and anti-nuclear sentiment is strong there.
"Nein Euroshima" the astonished visitor is likely to find on tee shirts and sidewalks wherever anti-nuclear sentiments run strong.
I backed it to show support for the safety recommendations but was uncomfortable with the more extreme anti-nuclear sentiments it espoused.
In September 2010, German government policy shifted back toward nuclear energy, and this created some new anti-nuclear sentiment in Berlin and beyond.