Public acceptance of nuclear power

The Mexican experience on public acceptance of nuclear power is not disimilar to experiences in other countries. The relative political effects of the antinuclear movement in Mexico can be considered unexpectedly important. Probably the main reason is that a series of well recognized individuals, who had been politically quiet, came out strongly against the first nuclear power project, provoking a certain confusion on the part of the government. Mexico has only one nuclear power plant with the first unit in commercial operation since July 29, 1990. Antinuclear voices were heard and read for the first time around 1980. It was as a result of Chernobyl, that the movement caught momentum and it is interesting to note that the good experience during the first months of operation of the first unit in Laguna Verde seems to have quieted the movement