The Platform Against Nuclear Dangers Salzburg (PLAGE) (German: Plattform gegen Atomgefahren Salzburg) is an anti-nuclear organization in Salzburg (Austria). It is part of the Anti-nuclear movement in Austria and is committed, among other things, to the withdrawal from the Euratom Treaty and to renewable energies. The PLAGE activists also call themselves PLAGE-Geister (nuisances).
History The PLAGE was founded on May 20, 1986, shortly after the Chernobyl disaster (April 26, 1986), as a Salzburg platform against the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant (WAA) (Überparteiliche Plattform gegen die WAA Wackersdorf).Einige Eckdaten des österreichischen Widerstands gegen die WAA, (Some key facts about the Austrian resistance against the WAA), Radi Aktiv (magazine), April 1987, p. 64.. By 1987, 120,000 Salzburg signatures had been collected against the Bavarian reprocessing plant (a total of almost 900,000 objections, of which 453,000 were from Austria). In the spring of 1989 the decision was made not to build the reprocessing plant. After the WAA collapsed in 1989, the platform was renamed Platform Against Nuclear Dangers Salzburg (PLAGE).
Wackersdorf Memorial
In 2000, PLAGE erected the Wackersdorf Memorial (Salzburg) at Mozartplatz in Salzburg, which commemorates the resistance against the Bavarian Wackersdorf reprocessing plant. The PLAGE honored with the monument Robert Jungk, Archbishop Karl Berg and the civil resistance against the WAA Wackersdorf.Wackersdorfdenkmal, PLAGEDas WAAhnMal, PLAGE-News, 12 July 2000)Wackersdorfdenkmal, PLAGEDenkmalversetzung, PLAGE20 Jahre PLAGE: Stationen eines langen Weges 1986 - 2006, PLAGE-news, 3/2006, p. 2)
Awards 2020 PLAGE got the European Solar Prize - Category "Media and Communication" - Short video "Quit EURATOM"Quit EURATOM - PLAGE-video on YouTube
Well-known members/activists
: PLAGE founding member, Konrad Lorenz Prize, Nuclear-Free Future Award, etc.
: biologist, PLAGE founding member, Konrad Lorenz PrizeHannes Augustin, SalzburgwikiHannes Augustin - interview from 17 May 2019 (MP3), Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek für Zukunftsfragen (Robert Jungk Library for Future Questions)
: Action leader, Environmental Medal of Merit 2021Umwelt-Verdienstzeichen 2021 - Salzburg (state), Golden Medal of Merit of the Republic of AustriaAktionsleiter Thomas Neff erhält das Goldene Verdienstzeichen der Republik Österreich, PLAGE, hunger strike against EURATOMHungerstreik gegen Euroatom (hunger strike against Euroatom), Radiofabrik Salzburg, 17 April 2003, idea for the Wackersdorf MemorialHeilmasseur, Vereinskassier und Aktionsleiter Thomas Neff, PLAGEThomas Neff - Lebensgespräch (life talk), 27 September 2018, KommEnt 4, 2019Ein "DenkMal" gegen Atomkraft feiert auf dem Mozartplatz in Salzburg Jubiläum - Dank des Schleedorfers Thomas Neff gibt es seit 25 Jahren das Wackersdorf-Denkmal in Salzburg (A "monument" against nuclear power is celebrating its anniversary on Mozartplatz in Salzburg - thanks to Thomas Neff from Schleedorf, the Wackersdorf Monument has existed in Salzburg for 25 years), Salzburger Nachrichten, 16 July 2025
References
External links
Platform Against Nuclear Dangers Salzburg (PLAGE) - official site PLAGE video channel on Vimeo