Juin 2008 / Paris (Greenpeace Press Release)

Greenpeace blocks restart of French nuclear reactor construction

Greenpeace blocks restart of French nuclear reactor construction

Paris, 24 June 2008 — 20 Greenpeace activists this morning stopped

construction of the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) in Flamanville from

restarting today by blocking the entrance of three quarries which supply

sand and gravel for the build, as none of the safety problems that shut the

construction down in May has been addressed.

The Greenpeace activists used chains, lockers and barrels to block

entrances to (...)