Nuclear Waste Tour Finland

Activists demonstrating against nuclear waste in front of the Fennovoima office in Pyhäjoki with banners saying "Suomesta ydinjätekaatopaikka?" (Finland, the nuclear waste dump?) and "Lisää ydinjätettä lapsille?" (more nuclear waste for children?). The demonstration is part of the Nuclear Waste tour. The tour is visiting areas where are planned to build nuclear power plants and which are threatened by nuclear waste shipments or uranium mines. Majority of Finnish people are against new nuclear power plants, but still 3-4 new nuclear reactors are planned to build in Finland.

Unique identifier: GP02EMH

Type: Image

Shoot date: 11/06/2006

Locations: Finland, Nordic Countries, Scandinavia

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Henna Tahvanainen

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Nuclear Waste Tour Finland

Greenpeace on Nuclear Waste in 2008. Greenpeace activists traveling around Finland with nuclear waste truck. The truck is carrying a nuclear waste tank with a capacity for nuclear waste generated per month in Finnish nuclear power plants. The tour is visiting areas where are planned to build nuclear power plants and which are threatened by nuclear waste shipments or uranium mines. Majority of Finnish people are against new nuclear power plants, but still 3-4 new nuclear reactors are planned to build in Finland.

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