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Hildegard Breiner, the grand dame of the environmental and anti-nuclear movement in Vorarlberg, received Monday the "Silver Medal" of the country. The state government has reaffirmed its anti-nuclear stance.
Even 40 years after the Zwentendorf referendum, the country has not changed its negative attitude towards nuclear energy, said Gov. Markus Wallner. With the "No to Zwentendorf", former activists – above all Hildegard Breiner – laid the foundation for Vorarlberg's energy policy.
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Governor Wallner awards the prize to Hildegard Breiner.
"As an unpredictable, high-risk technology, nuclear is an absolute aberration: Sustainable energy production means abandoning atomic and fossil energies to adopt renewable energy sources," he said. Governor Wallner, Environmental Adviser Johannes Rauch (Greens) and Energy Advisor Christian Gantner (ÖVP).
Delete no in Zwentendorf from Vorarlberg
The population of Vorarlberg said in a referendum on the commissioning of the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant in 1978, with a vote of about 85% and a turnout of 75.8%, a vote particularly net for this project and therefore for no in Austria.
For Hildegard Breiner, it was already the second national prize. From 2000, this environmental activist, who enjoyed a reputation well beyond Vorarlberg, was honored for her decades-long work with the Great Compbadion brand. In 2008, she also received the Dr. Toni Russ Award.
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