Anti-nuclear movement in France
France issues decree to close its oldest nuclear plant by April 2020
France's oldest nuclear power reactor will stop electricity production by April 2020, once a new generation EPR reactor under construction in Flamanville is operational, according to a decree issued in the country's official gazette on April 9.
Greenpeace members on trial in France for daring nuclear break-in
Fifty-five Greenpeace activists from some 20 countries go on trial in France on Sept. 4 for an audacious break-in at the country's oldest nuclear power plant to highlight weaknesses at atomic installations.
Greenpeace stages protest at nuclear summit in Istanbul, nine detained
Nine activists have been detained in a protest staged by Greenpeace Mediterranean against the Nuclear Plants Summit in Istanbul on May 30.
The activists had hung a 28 square-meter poster carrying the words âNuclear disaster starts hereâ on the outside wall of the hotel in ÅiÅli where the summit was held, and greeted attendees with the same poster at the buildingâs entrance.