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70 activists show up poor security at Sweden’s nuclear power plants

Greenpeace Sweden exposes lax security at nuclear plants Greenpeace,  by Brian Blomme – October 9, 2012 They poured onto the sites of two nuclear reactor plants in Sweden this morning with minimal problems: more than 70 Greenpeace activists, from five countries, conducted peaceful stress tests of the sites.

The goal: to show how weak security arrangements are at the two plants.

At the Forsmark nuclear site, on the east coast of Sweden, 50 activists put ladders up against a chain link fence, scaled over the so-called ‘barrier’ and got up close to the reactor buildings. One activist was on the site for four hours before she was discovered!

Apparently a Forsmark spokesperson told the media: “We can confirm that GP came in over the fence, as usual.” Yes … today wasn’t the first time Greenpeace Sweden got on to the site.

At the Ringhals nuclear site, on the west coast, 20 activists bicycled onto the property and explored the terrain.

The videos reveal just how weak the security is.

In fact, it took police 40 minutes to get to Ringhals, 15 to get to Forsmark.

Today should alert the public, the nuclear industry and the Swedish environment minister of the serious safety deficiencies at the plants.

There are seven reactors on the two sites, all of which are well over 30 years old.More than 1.3 million people live within 75 kilometers of the sites. Today’s Greenpeace Sweden “stress tests” showed again that people are exposed to unacceptable risks from the nuclear plants.

But Sweden isn’t the only country in Europe where reactors are a concern……http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/greenpeace-sweden-exposes-lax-security-at-nuc/blog/42512/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+GreenpeaceNews+(Greenpeace+News)

October 10, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Sweden