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Rosatom protest brings demands from activist that Russia’s old reactors be shut down in wake of Japanese crisis

MOSCOW – Russian Environmental groups Ecodefence and Groza yesterday held a protest in front of the building of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, unfurling a 10-meter banner reading “No to New Nuclear Power Plants” and another inviting Rosatom employees to drink iodine, the element causing a run on Japanese drug stores for its prophylactic abilities against cancer causing agents in early radiation exposure. Andrei Ozharovsky, 24/03-2011 - Translated by Charles Digges

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