There is no maximum quota system in Germany but a minimum price is set for which the generated electricity has to be bought by the electric utility firms. See in german here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz
There seems to be no english version of the study, but it is on the pages of the "Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz" (something like "Federal Office for nuclear safety"): http://www.bfs.de/en/bfs/druck/Ufoplan/4334_KIKK.html.
In a 5 km radius around nuclear power plants there were from 1980 to 2003 37 cases of children with leukemia instead of the expected 17 cases.
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There is no maximum quota system in Germany but a minimum price is set for which the generated electricity has to be bought by the electric utility firms. See in german here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz
There seems to be no english version of the study, but it is on the pages of the "Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz" (something like "Federal Office for nuclear safety"): http://www.bfs.de/en/bfs/druck/Ufoplan/4334_KIKK.html. In a 5 km radius around nuclear power plants there were from 1980 to 2003 37 cases of children with leukemia instead of the expected 17 cases.