International protestors blockade Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP for 10 hours

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http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2010/finland_protests

International protestors blockade Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP for 10 hours

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Blockade of the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant, August 28, 2010.
http://www.olkiluotoblockade.info/

OLKILUOTO, Finland – The main road leading to Finland’s Olkiluoto Nuclear power plant was blocked off for nearly 10 hours by anti-nuclear demonstrators from all over Europe – including from Russia and Belarus – before police forcefully disbanded them toward Saturday evening, demonstrators said.
Andrei Ozharovsky, Charles Digges, 31/08-2010 - Translated by Charles Digges

The protest also represented a first direct action demonstration for Finnish protesters, who, according to local activists, have never blockaded nuclear plants before. The protest turned out to be one of the more substantive protests of nuclear power in Europe in several months – netting some 30 arrests.

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The blockade was arranged by some 40 NGOs, 27 of them international. “Several hundred activists took part from various countries including Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, France, Belarus, and Russia,” reported the Belepan Belarusian news wire from the scene.

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Finnish Parliament’s June 1st decision served as the direct basis for the blockade, when the parliament opened the possibility of beginning the process of securing permission to build two new nuclear reactors and expand the country’s nuclear waste storage sites.

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The plant was supposed to be running last year, it's years behind schedule and way overbudget. It will be years before it's completed and there will be more delays and cost overruns. You can't blame the delays and overruns on protesters because this is the first protest.

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1. Support for sixth Finnish reactor drops: poll

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/energywatch/nuclear/news/article_1330280.php/Support_for_sixth_Finnish_reactor_drops_poll

Support for sixth Finnish reactor drops: poll

Jul 15, 2007, 15:54 GMT

Helsinki - Support for a sixth nuclear reactor in Finland has dropped, according to a poll published Sunday.

Only 36 per cent of the 1,000 people polled said they supported building a sixth nuclear reactor compared to almost 60 per cent in a similar poll conducted last October.

The new poll was commissioned by the newspapers Etela-Suomen Sanomat and Satakunnan Kansan.

Trade and Industry Minister Mauri Pekkarinen said in a comment that the change was significant and slightly surprising.

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