Atomstreit in Wackersdorf – Die Geschichte einer Eskalation (The Wackersdorf nuclear dispute – The Story of an escalation) is a 2017 documentary film by IsarFilm Produktion, commissioned by Bayerischer Rundfunk. The film looks back at the conflicts surrounding the planned Wackersdorf reprocessing plant (WAA), which became a symbol of the nuclear power debate.Atomstreit in Wackersdorf, isar film
Film summary From 1985 to 1989, the Wackersdorf nuclear reprocessing plant (WAA) sparked fierce conflict between the state and the anti-nuclear movement. Thirty years after 1987, this documentary reconstructs the dramatic and sometimes violent escalation surrounding the WAA. The film also explores the political and social context that led to such radicalization. It further highlights parallels with the resistance movements in Gorleben, the Frankfurt Airport runway expansion, and the Chernobyl disaster.Atomstreit in Wackersdorf, isar filmWackersdorf - Die Geschichte einer Eskalation, Bayerischer Rundfunk, 10 August 2017
The economic and social consequences of this never-completed mega-project continue to shape the Upper Palatinate region to this day.30 Jahre Wackersdorf ... "nichts ist vergessen". Braunschweig Spiegel, 27 September 2017
Protagonists WAA Supporters: Franz Josef Strauss (Bavarian Minister-President), (Bavarian Minister of the Interior), Peter Gauweiler (State Secretary of the Interior), Helmut Kohl (Federal Chancellor)
Michael Hinrichsen (police officer)
WAA Opponents: Rebecca Harms (citizens' initiative, Lüchow-Dannenberg), Hans Schuierer (former district administrator, Schwandorf), , (Schwandorf citizens' initiative), Richard Salzl (pastor), (pastor), (Anti-nuclear power plant office Schwandorf), (child demonstrator), Josef Fischer (farmer from )
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Atomstreit in Wackersdorf, YouTube, 44 min Atomstreit in Wackersdorf, ARD (broadcaster), 44 min
Atom-Streit in Wackersdorf,