Plattform gegen Atomgefahren | |
| Formation | 1986 (1986) |
|---|---|
| Type | anti-nuclear organization |
| Legal status | nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Salzburg (Austria) |
Official language | German |
| Leader | Peter Machart |
| Website | https://www.plage.at/ |
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).[1] 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.[2][3][4]
Awards
- 2020 PLAGE got the European Solar Prize - Category "Media and Communication" - Short video "Quit EURATOM"[5]
Well-known members/activists
- Heinz Stockinger: PLAGE founding member, Konrad Lorenz Prize, Nuclear-Free Future Award, etc.
- Hannes Augustin: biologist, PLAGE founding member, Konrad Lorenz Prize[6][7]
References
- 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..
- Wackersdorfdenkmal, PLAGE
Das WAAhnMal, PLAGE-News, 12 July 2000) - Wackersdorfdenkmal, PLAGE
Denkmalversetzung, PLAGE - 20 Jahre PLAGE: Stationen eines langen Weges 1986 - 2006, PLAGE-news, 3/2006, p. 2)
- Quit EURATOM - PLAGE-video on YouTube
- Hannes Augustin, Salzburgwiki
- Hannes Augustin - interview from 17 May 2019 (MP3), Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek für Zukunftsfragen (Robert Jungk Library for Future Questions)
- Umwelt-Verdienstzeichen 2021 - Salzburg (state)
- Aktionsleiter Thomas Neff erhält das Goldene Verdienstzeichen der Republik Österreich, PLAGE
- Hungerstreik gegen Euroatom (hunger strike against Euroatom), Radiofabrik Salzburg, 17 April 2003
- Heilmasseur, Vereinskassier und Aktionsleiter Thomas Neff, PLAGE
- Thomas Neff - Lebensgespräch (life talk), 27 September 2018, KommEnt 4, 2019
- Ein "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
External links
Media related to Platform Against Nuclear Dangers at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Wackersdorf Memorial (Salzburg) at Wikimedia Commons- Platform Against Nuclear Dangers Salzburg (PLAGE) - official site
- PLAGE video channel on Vimeo