Mathilde Halla first became involved in the anti-nuclear movement in Austria

Anti-nuclear movement in Austria

Construction of the first Austrian nuclear power plant in Zwentendorf on the Danube, about 20 miles upstream from the capital, Vienna, began in 1972. Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant was designed as a boiling water reactor with a capacity of 700 MW, that was expected to generate about 10% of the...

 in 1973 when she joined a small activist organization called Citizens Against Atomic Danger, while working as a schoolteacher. For over thirty years, she has coordinated anti-nuclear demonstrations, written numerous newsletters and articles, and organized international symposia. She also published the book Worst Case Scenario Chernobyl.
In 2005 Mathilde Halla received the Nuclear Free Future (Lifetime Achievement) Award

Nuclear-Free Future Award

Since 1998 the Nuclear-Free Future Award is an award given to anti-nuclear activists, organizations and communities. The award is intended to promote the opposition to uranium mining, nuclear weapons and nuclear power....

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