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Anti nuclear protestors arrested at Hinkley Point, UK

Arrests after anti-nuclear protest at Hinkley Point ITV, 23 Nov 2012 Four people have been arrested after protesters blockaded access to the nuclear site at Hinkley Point in
Bridgwater this morning

Ten protesters paraded a banner saying “Nuclear Power – not worth the risk” and attempted to block access to staff to prevent further ground clearance work at the site.

If EDF, the energy company behind the plan, gets the go ahead to build it, the plant could be open by 2020.

We want the destruction of land at the proposed Hinkley C site to stop. EDF still don’t have planning permission for the new nuclear plant, the governments energy policy is in tatters. With Centrica pulling out and the long awaited Electricity Reform Act delayed, there is not even enough investment to finish the project. If the tories fix the electricity price for nuclear so that the project can go ahead it will leave a radioactive waste dump here for hundreds of years. – ZOE SMITH, PROTESTER….
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2012-11-23/arrests-after-anti-nuclear-protest-at-hinkley-point/

November 25, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, UK