Nuclear Energy Demonstration in Den Bosch

Greenpeace and other environmental organizations demonstrate in front of the court in Den Bosch to protest against the plans of the government and the owner of Borssele, EPZ, to keep Borssele operational for a longer period of time. The banner is reading "Borssele dicht nu!", which translates to English as "Borssele must close now!". An employee of Borssele demonstrates against the closing of the nuclear power plant. The text on his t-shirt reads "Paars: sluiten=bezopen, hou Borssele open", which translates to English as "Purple (name of government): closing=cracking, keep Borssele open".

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Kernenergie Demonstratie in Den Bosch

Greenpeace en andere milieuorganisaties demonstreren voor de rechtbank in Den Bosch tegen de plannen van de regering en de eigenaar van Borssele, EPZ, om Borssele langer open te houden. Op het spandoek staat "Borssele dicht nu!". Een werknemer van Borssele demonstreert tegen de sluiting van de kerncentrale. Op zijn t-shirt staat "Paars: sluiten=bezopen, hou Borssele open".

Unique identifier: GP01LVZ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 22/06/2001

Locations: Den Bosch, Europe, West Europe, Netherlands

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Bas Beentjes

Size: 2000px × 1312px 1MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Nuclear Energy Demonstration in Den Bosch the Netherlands

Today the lawsuit about the closing date of the nuclear power plant Borssele takes place at the court in Den Bosch. Greenpeace and other environmental organisations demonstrate in front of the court to protest against the plans of the government and the owner of Borssele, EPZ, to keep Borssele operational for a longer period of time. Greenpeace finds this very irresponsible, because a nuclear power plant is an easy target for terroristic attacks and can never be protected for one hundred percent. In addition nuclear waste remains highly dangerous for 240,000 years and the nuclear reprocessing is disastrous for the environment and proliferation. Despite the pollution and international treaties that commit the Netherlands to store nuclear waste immediately, Borssele continues this polluting process. Greenpeace calls on the government to hold to the decision to close Borssele and to invest in sustainable energy like sun, wind and biomass. Some employees of Borssele also join the demonstration, they are against the closing of the nuclear power plant.

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