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Home | Friday 2nd October 2009 | Issue 693

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ALL SIZEWELL THAT ENDS WELL

This Tuesday five anti-nuclear blockaders were acquitted at Lowestoft magistrates. Charged with aggravated trespass during a demo at Sizewell B nuclear power station on July 24th last year, the five were acquitted when the prosecution failed to provide evidence that they were on private land ... mainly because they were in fact on a public road.

And sadly they never even got to bring out their expert witness to give evidence about the recent German studies (the KiKK study) which found that all types of cancer as well as leukaemia occurred significantly more frequently in the vicinity (within 5 km) of nuclear power plants... See http://stopnuclearpower.blogspot.com

* Nuclear power campaign strategy weekend 21-22 November, London (venue to be announced) To book your place, help organise or get more details email nonewnuclear@aktivix.org or ring 01524 383 012 and leave a message.

Keywords: direct action, nuclear energy, sizewell b


 

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