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22 Feb 10: Protesters blockade Sizewell: FIVE anti-nuclear power protesters blocked the entrance to Sizewell power station today. Representatives from the People Power not Nuclear Power Coalition wearing arm tubes locked themselves on to concrete just under the barrier at the main entrance. More >>>

06 Feb 10: Silent protest over nuclear plans: More than 200 people opposed to plans for a new nuclear power station near Bristol have staged a silent protest by taping gaffer tape over their mouths. The former Oldbury Nuclear Power Station is one of 10 possible sites for a new station chosen by the government. More >>>

02 Feb 10: Pylon protesters give a show of people power: They may only be small in size, but the people two of Somerset's tiniest villages showed they are no pushovers when it comes to protecting their picturesque home. Around 200 people marched at the weekend. More >>>

29 Jan 10: UK Government nuclear consultation ‘farcical', say locals: Local residents say they have been ‘insulted' rather than ‘consulted' over Government plans for new nuclear power stations Local campaign groups have given a damning verdict on Government engagement with local communities over its plans for new nuclear power stations and have called for a new round of consultations to take place. More >>>

28 Jan 10: Parliament protester is arrested: A Stop Hinkley campaigner was arrested in Parliament after disrupting a committee by launching a protest in the middle of the session. More >>>

20 Jan 10: Power station roads may struggle to cope: Nowhere near enough detail has been given to explain how local roads might cope with a new Hinkley Point power station, a packed public meeting has heard. More >>>

20 Jan 10: The risks of nuclear energy are not exaggerated: Most scientists in this field agree that there is danger even in small doses of radiation. More >>>

20 Jan 10: Campaigners target EDF: Anti-nuclear campaigners descended on the Bridgwater offices of EDF, the firm behind plans for two new reactors at Hinkley Point. More >>>

Jan 10: Nuclear Hazards: Letters to the Editor, Chew Valley Gazette. More >>>

16 Jan 10: Silent protest over Hinkley illustrates fear of being stifled: With mouths symbolically gagged, demonstrators opposing a new fast-track planning process for the proposed new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point showed how they believe public involvement will be stifled. More >>>

16 Jan 10: Anti-nuclear protesters stage demo at energy offices: Protestors have staged a demonstration outside a power company's offices to highlight their concerns over a lack of community voice on plans for a new power station. More >>>

10 Jan 10: Chernobyl nuclear accident - figures for deaths and cancers still in dispute: At the children's cancer hospital in Minsk, Belarus, and at the Vilne hospital for radiological protection in the east of Ukraine, specialist doctors are in no doubt they are seeing highly unusual rates of cancers, mutations and blood diseases linked to the Chernobyl nuclear accident 24 years ago. More >>>