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Anti nuclear protestors will target UK’s Hinkley nuclear site

EDF’s U.K. Hinkley Nuclear Power Site Faces Protests Next Month February 22, 2012,  By Catherine Airlie Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Electricite de France SA’s Hinkley Point nuclear power station in southwest England will next month be targeted by protestors against new reactors in the U.K.

The Stop New Nuclear Alliance, a grouping of campaigners who oppose nuclear power stations, plans to blockade the station for 24 hours from about 5 p.m. on March 11, Zoe Smith, a campaigner helping arrange the protest, said by telephone from Bristol today. Protesters will gather at the site from midday, she said.

“We aren’t intending to stop production but we are going to blockade the entrance,” preventing vehicles from entering the site. “We’re planning to surround the power station,” she said. The group is against EDF’s plans to build a new nuclear power station at the site,
next to the current one, which has capacity of 860 megawatts……
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-22/edf-s-u-k-hinkley-nuclear-power-site-faces-protests-next-month.html

February 23, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general