Protest against Transport of Nuclear Waste

Greenpeace activists plant 200 crosses in front of the nuclear power plant in Goesgen. The crosses represent the number of cancer fatalities which the British Government itself estimates will occur per year of radioactive discharges from the THORP/Sellafield site. Protest at the imminent transport of nuclear waste from the Swiss Goesgen nuclear power plant to THORP at Sellafield in England.

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Unique identifier: GP020V1

Type: Image

Shoot date: 13/12/1993

Locations: Alpine Countries, Europe, Niedergösgen, Switzerland

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Protest against Transport of Nuclear Waste in Goesgen Switzerland

Protest at the imminent transport of nuclear waste from the Swiss Gösgen nuclear power plant to THORP at Sellafield in England. The 200 crosses that Greenpeace planted represent the number of cancer fatalities which the British Government itself estimates will occur per year of radioactive discharges from the THORP/Sellafield site.

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