I would say this started after Chernobyl. Long before Fokushima.
Protests weren't as strong as they used to be, and didn't change anything.
Then the Fukushima major nuclear accident happened (march 2011), the population demanded a quick nuclear phase-out, and no subsequent government even only attempted to neglect it ( https://x.com/HannoKlausmeier/status/1784158942823690561 ).