Avril 2007 / Platts

French protestors swing from pylons at Flamanville nuclear plant

Protesting against the building of a nuclear reactor pilot, the European pressurized reactor, French anti-nuclear campaigners spent the weekend suspended from a 400,000 volt high tension power pylon at the Flamanville nuclear power plant, campaigners said.

Three activists scaled a pylon next to the 2600 MW capacity plant in Normandy, north France on Saturday afternoon displaying huge banners which read "STOP EPR". Two of the protestors remained suspended from the pylon in hammocks right (...)