Sizewell nuclear vigil report

26.4.09: Pro­test­ers gath­ered at a gen­er­at­ing sta­tion in Suf­folk to mark 20 years since the Cher­nobyl dis­as­ter have held a vig­il against nuclear pow­er.

The Cam­paign for Nuclear Dis­ar­ma­ment (CND), which organ­ised a “peace­ful” overnight protest at Sizewell said it want­ed to high­light the dan­gers.

Sizewell protest 126.4.09: Pro­test­ers gath­ered at a gen­er­at­ing sta­tion in Suf­folk to mark 20 years since the Cher­nobyl dis­as­ter have held a vig­il against nuclear pow­er.

The Cam­paign for Nuclear Dis­ar­ma­ment (CND), which organ­ised a “peace­ful” overnight protest at Sizewell said it want­ed to high­light the dan­gers.

The Gov­ern­ment said new nuclear pow­er sta­tions could be built at 11 sites in Eng­land includ­ing Sizewell.

The group has been joined by a num­ber of cler­gy­men who are lead­ing the vig­il.

A spokes­woman said the pro­test­ers were angry about plans for new reac­tors on the site.

In the ear­ly hours of April 26 1986, one of four nuclear reac­tors at a pow­er sta­tion at Cher­nobyl, Ukraine, explod­ed in the world’s worst nuclear acci­dent.