I won't make this a 60-page 'white-paper'.
Basically four factors fell into play.
In the early 1970s....all things nuclear (particularly 'weapons') got hyped up. Environmentalists picked up the topic, and it became a top priority of the Green Party in the early 1980s.
Second....as you enter the 1990s....the question came up....where do you 'dump' the waste, and they could never identify a 'safe' method (none of the 16 states wanted it).
Third....the 1986 Chernobyl disaster was discussed in a massive way and portrayed as the greatest disaster of all time (at least by the German mentality).
Fourth and final....as the country was heading toward taking the system down slowly....Fukushima occurred. I would describe the six months after Fukushima as a turbo-period, where deadlines were established.
The funny thing? Well....Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland have nuke stations, and on occasion...Germany buys grid power from them. For whatever reason....it's OK that Germany does not have nuke power....while their neighbor does have nuke power.
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