United Kingdom
The anti-nuclear movement in Britain has a long and active history. The famous peace symbol that has come to have universal meaning was first adopted by the British anti-nuclear weapons movement, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
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Watch the outstanding Channel 4 British television report about the radioactive leaks at the Sizewell A reactor and the close call that was averted by luck, then covered up for two years.
Tony Benn, former Energy Minister and British Member of Parliament, is possibly the most famous convert to nuclear power opposition. British documentarian, Vicki Lesley, captured the inimitable Benn on video.
The British government has finally confirmed what UK farmers and environmentalists have known for years - that the radioactive fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl, Ukraine reactor accident continues to contaminate British sheep and farmland today. Close to 370 farms and 190,000 sheep are affected. .
July 16, 2009
