The destruction of German villages because of coal-mining.

Fukushima was primarily the fault of human error, not God.

They do it because they are the big boy's of Europe, not the good boy's like Ireland

Nope. The Fukushima disaster (2011) trigger anti-nuclear hysteria in Germany. Unlike Germany, Japan is at serious risks of earthquakes. The earthquake caused a shutdown in the Fukushima nuclear plant - that on its own was not a huge issue. Backpower kicked in, and service would resume once the power grid came back. It was the tsunami flooding which took out the backup power and lead to the ensuing disaster.

Merkel had backed nuclear power, but after the post-Fukushima hysteria was forced to abandon it.

How Fukushima triggered Germany′s nuclear phaseout | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 10.03.2021

Interesting timeline:

2002: Gerhard Schroder gets law passed to phaseout nuclear power in Germany. Merkel and CDU oppose it.

2004: Vladimir Putin makes a suprise appearance at Schroders 60th birthday party.

2004: Schroder's biographer, Reinhard Urschel, had asked him what he wanted to do after leaving office. “Make money,” he replies.

2004: Schroder calls Putin a "flawless democrat", after Putin wins another Russian election with a huge margin.

2005: Schroder approves Nordstream pipepline to transport Russian natural gas directly to Germany bypassing transit countries.

2005: Schroder leaves office, takes a job at Russia largest company, oil and gas giant Gazprom.

2011 March: Fukushima. Merkel govt. agree to restart nuclear phaseout.

2011 November: Nordstream pipepline officially inaugurated by Merkel and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

Schroder starts lobbying for "Nordstream2"

2017: Schroder becomess chairman of the board of directors at state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft.

2022: Schroder's office staff resign in protest at his disinterested stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

But back to main point, burning more coal and lignite, due to the nuclear phase out shows the hypocrisy of some "Green" ideologies.

Fukushima wouldnt have happened with the Tsunami had the reactor been better designed.

Modern reactor designs will shut down the reaction should power & back up power be lost, a kind of air-brake on the plant, so no risk of 'uncontrolled releases of fission'

They used to do the black coal shaft mining too, it's what the Ruhr was famous for. All closed down now though, just not economical

incorrect, no anti-nuclear hysteria was triggered either in germany or anywhere else.

what was triggered was a re-examination on whether nuclear was actually worth continuing with given it's out of control expensivity vs the benefiit with the potential risks of it going wrong of course being examined.

germany decided it was no longer worth the cost v other energy sources which are only a fraction of the cost, they could and possibly should have kept their existing plants on until life expirey but ultimately they decided to move on from a technology of a by-gone era.

Kind of puts the typical Irish "Those ugly wind turbines on the hill 10km away have DESTROYED our picturesque village" complaint into perspective.

To be fair to Gerhard Schroeder, he has finally stepped down from the board of the Russian oil company Rosneft. Too bad that him and his fellow travelers in Russia and the so-called "Green" movements did so much damage to European energy security, needlessly making us more reliant on Russian fossil fuel imports than we otherwise would have been.

As to Fukushima, much of the blame lies with TEPCO. The plant was built out of specification with the reactor manufacturers recommendations (put the diesel generators in a place where they could be flooded instead of somewhere secure). They also built a sea-wall around Fukushima that would have handled a 10 meter tsunami, and while the 2011 earthquake generated a 10 meter wave, it also lowered the land in the area 1 meter lower to sea level.

It's important to note that Japan has many nuclear reactors along its Pacific coast and none of those other than Fukushima suffered meltdowns. They were built properly.

As to uranium supply, Russia is not the only source. Canada and Australia sell it (just two examples) and uranium extraction from seawater is also a possibility today, if and when needed.

https://news.google.com/search?for=seawater+extraction+of+uranium&hl=en-IE&gl=IE&ceid=IE%3Aen

It should be noted that a number of energy companies thought that Ireland had significant uranium reserves, but Eamon Ryan banned all uranium exploration and mining in Ireland, because ... reasons. So you cannot claim that Ireland has no domestic supply.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ryan-refuses-uranium-mining-licences-1.815617