Atomic energy lost favour after a near disaster at Three Mile Island in America in 1979 and a real one at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union in 1986.

• 1979年美国三哩岛（ThreeMileIsland）核电站局部核泄漏几乎酿成灾难，1986年苏联切尔诺贝利（Chernobyl）核电站核泄漏事件则是实实在在的一场灾难，此后原子能失去了人们的宠爱。