published by webmaster on Sun, 11/03/2012 - 00:00
Anti-nuclear protesters have completed a 24-hour blockade of the entrance to Hinkley Point nuclear power station, marking the first anniversary of the disaster at the Fukushima power station in Japan.
The Stop New Nuclear alliance hailed the rally as the "largest anti-nuclear protest in three decades" with up to 1,000 demonstrators surrounding the site on Saturday.
Protesters were also demonstrating over plans to build the first new nuclear reactors in Britain on the site.