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[[Image:LaplandCamp Banner8.jpg|City Hall of Simo: "Sold To The Uranium Capitalism"|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp Performance4.jpg|Performance in front of the City Hall|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp Banner4.jpg|Stones With Nuclear Symbols Left Everywhere|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp Terroristi1.jpg|Placard: "Nuclear Power Is A Deadly Terrorist"|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp Kemi13.jpg|Rally Against Nuclear Power In Kemi|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp propNPP-meeting1.jpg|Meeting And Presentation About A Proposed NPP At The Simo Harbour|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp propUran4.jpg|Excursion To A Proposed Uranium Mining Area|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp propUran7.jpg|People Walking Through Wetlands Threatened By Uranium Mine Plans|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp propUran9.jpg|Lake In The Threatened Area|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp propUran16.jpg|Boreal Forests In Danger By Uranium Mining|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp propUran29.jpg|Break At A Cabin|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:LaplandCamp propUran35.jpg|Impression Of The Area Areva Wants To Destroy|thumb|right]]
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[[Image:927465.jpg|At the same time as the camp the [[Fennovoima]] office in [[Simo]] was [[Fennovoima office in Simo attacked|attacked with paint]]|thumb|right]]
 
[[Image:Lapland-Camp09 CityCard f.png|Frontcover of the [http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/2/2b/Lapland-Camp09_CityCard_web.pdf Postcard] to promote the Nuclear Climate Camp|thumb|right]]
 
[[Image:Lapland-Camp09 CityCard f.png|Frontcover of the [http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/2/2b/Lapland-Camp09_CityCard_web.pdf Postcard] to promote the Nuclear Climate Camp|thumb|right]]
 
[[Image:Lapland-Camp09 CityCard b.png|Backcover of the Postcard|thumb|right]]
 
[[Image:Lapland-Camp09 CityCard b.png|Backcover of the Postcard|thumb|right]]
 
* in Lapland, Tervola (FIN) from July 20th to 26th, 2009
 
* in Lapland, Tervola (FIN) from July 20th to 26th, 2009
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* [http://www.vimeo.com/9298764 documentary of the camp]
 
* http://nuclearfreefinland.org
 
* http://nuclearfreefinland.org
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* Contact: [mailto:campATnuclearfreefinland.org camp AT nuclearfreefinland.org]{{Spamprotection}}, [mailto:programATnuclearfreefinland.org program AT nuclearfreefinland.org]{{Spamprotection}}
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* Contact: [mailto:ynuff2009ATgmail.com ynuff2009 AT gmail.com] {{Spamprotection}} [mailto:campATnuclearfreefinland.org camp AT nuclearfreefinland.org]{{Spamprotection}}, [mailto:programATnuclearfreefinland.org program AT nuclearfreefinland.org]{{Spamprotection}}
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* [http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/f/f0/NCC_Poster.pdf Poster] for download
  
  
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== Two Invitations :-) ==
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=== NO to Uranium Power ===
 
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''Anti nuclear climate camp, Lapland, Finland 20 – 26 of July 2009''
 
  
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Welcome to join us in our protest camp in Lapland next summer! We won't allow the area controlled by Finnish government to became a paradise of nuclear industry!
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== Images Of The Camp ==
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=== Performance in Simo ===
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<gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="6">
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Image:LaplandCamp NuclearBarrel.jpg|Action impressions of the rally in Simo on June 22, 2009
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Image:LaplandCamp action3.jpg|Placards in front of the City Hall of Simo
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Image:LaplandCamp action2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp action1.jpg|"Welcome in the future irradiated Simo"
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Image:LaplandCamp Performance5.jpg|Performance in front of the City Hall
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Image:LaplandCamp Performance3.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Performance1.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Performance2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Banner9.jpg|Banner from the roof of the City Hall of Simo - "Sold to the Uranium Capitalism" + Performance in front of the building
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Image:LaplandCamp Banner7.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Banner6.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Banner1.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Banner2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Banner3.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Banner5.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp NuclearStones3.jpg|Those yellow stones symbolizing nuclear waste were left at several places in Simo.
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Image:LaplandCamp NuclearStones2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp NuclearStones1.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Mayor-Terroristi.jpg|Simo's pro-nuclear Mayor in discussion with activists. The Mayor of Simo wants a nuclear power plant in his community and welcomed the nuclear company Fennovoima to Simo.
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Image:LaplandCamp Mayor2.jpg|Talk of a journalist with Simo's pro-nuclear Mayor.
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Image:LaplandCamp Mayor1.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Terroristi2.jpg|The placard says: "Nuclear power is a deadly terrorist"
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Image:LaplandCamp action4.jpg|Anti-nuclear information left at the notice board of the City Hall
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</gallery>
  
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Olkiluoto 3, the fifth reactor in the country is now under constuction in Western Finland. It´s being noticed that more than thousand mistakes have been made during the construction. The price of the reactor has been doubled, and the project is already three years in delay. The Finnish government seems to be that excited about the succee, that they'll be happy to let nuclear industry fix the economy of the country in future as well.
 
  
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The problem with the wastes´ final deposit is said to be solved here,
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=== Performance in Kemi ===
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as in a first place in the world. There has already dug a huge grave
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<gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="6">
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for the high radioactive waste, even if It's been demostrated, that
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi1.jpg|Rally in Kemi on June 22, 2009
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the project is absurd.
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi6.jpg|A police officer tries to stop the protesters
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi5.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi4.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi3.jpg|Anyway, the rally contiunues on the prohibited route
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi9.jpg|Policed tried to stop the non-announced rally
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi7.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi8.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi10.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi11.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi12.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi14.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi15.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi16.jpg|Police to escort the demonstration...
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Image:LaplandCamp Kemi17.jpg|
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</gallery>
  
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As Finland has the reputation of positive attitude toward nuclear
 
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industry, it's just logical that companies interested in uranium
 
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mining comes here as well.
 
  
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This year we´ll have our protest camp in Lapland, near municipality of
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=== Excursion to A Proposed NPP Site ===
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Simo, where Fennovoima (owned by german gigant Eon) is planning to
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<gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="6">
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build a nuclear plant side by the last rich salmon river at the area.
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP-meeting4.jpg|Lecture of a fisherman about the threat of a NPP
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Little community with economical problems is easy to buy, when the
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP-meeting3.jpg|Meeting and presentation at the Simo Harbour with local fishermen
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local politics are more interested in money than long run well being
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP-meeting2.jpg|Fennovoima wants to establish a new NPP site in this area
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of the nature and the people. We´ll be also near  Ranua, where french
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP7.jpg|Map of the land claimed by the nuclear company Fennovoima for a proposed new Nuclear Power Plant
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nuclear company Areva is about to start uranium excavation
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP6.jpg|Fennovoima-controlled areas surrounding the location of the planned NPP site
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP5.jpg|Landscape by the harbour of Simo
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP4.jpg|Plan of a new Nuclear Power Plant nearby
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP3.jpg|Harbour of Simo
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propNPP1.jpg
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</gallery>
  
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The camp is aimed to be a space where local anti uranium and anti
 
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nuclear movements, NGOs and eco-radical groups that fights against
 
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finnish governments' energy politic and  international movement
 
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against nuclear power can gather together, unite, and build a stronger
 
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movement. The program will provide information, skill sharing and
 
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action.
 
  
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The camp will also be a space where we´ll share our visions about
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=== Workshops At The Camp ===
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safier and nicer future. We'll learn to live respecting the nature and
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<gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="6">
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the people around us!
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Image:LaplandCamp Workshop1.jpg|Workshop about the Saami
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Image:LaplandCamp Workshop2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Workshop3.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Workshop4.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Workshop6.jpg|Further workshops at the Camp in Tervola
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Image:LaplandCamp Workshop8.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp Workshop9.jpg|Lecture of the Mayor of Tervola at the Camp
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Image:LaplandCamp Workshop10.jpg
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</gallery>
  
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more info:
 
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www.nuclearfreefinland.org
 
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camp {at] nuclearfreefinland.org  (exists?)
 
  
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=== Excursion to An Area Threatened By Uranium Mining Plans ===
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<gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="6">
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran1.jpg|Exploring an area of a proposed uranium mining site in Lapland
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran3.jpg|The scout shows some native berries and plants.
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran5.jpg|Anthill
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran6.jpg|People walking through wetlands...
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran8.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran10.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran11.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran12.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran13.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran14.jpg|People walking through wetlands...
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran15.jpg|The scout lead the excursion
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran17.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran18.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran19.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran20.jpg|Break
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran21.jpg|Some people swimming in a lake
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran22.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran23.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran24.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran25.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran26.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran27.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran28.jpg|Another break at a cabin
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran30.jpg|Campfire at the excursion to visit the area
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran31.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran32.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran33.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran34.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran36.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran37.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran-Camp1.jpg|After the excursion the group camped in the area where the uranium mine was proposed
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran-Camp2.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran-Camp3.jpg
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran-Camp4.jpg|Nature threatened by Areva's uranium mining plans
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Image:LaplandCamp propUran-Camp6.jpg
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</gallery>
  
  
  
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== NO to Uranium Power - Antinuclear Climate Camp ==
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'''''Tervola, Lapland, Finland 20 – 26 of July 2009'''''
  
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Invitation: Nuclear Climate Camp 20-26.7.2009, Lapland/Finland
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Welcome to join our [[Nuclear Climate Camp|protest camp in finnish Lapland]] next summer! We won't allow this corner of the world, that the borders of the finnish government surrounds, to become a paradise of the nuclear industry!
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Olkiluoto 3, The fifth reactor in the country is now under construction in Western Finland. Over a thousand mistakes have already been documented in the construction work. The cost of the construction is now twice the original budget, and the project is already three years behind schedule.
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However, the Finnish government seems so excited about this success, that they are happy to let nuclear industry take care of the economy of the country in the future as well. The recent dramatic decrease in energy consumption has not affected the plans for possibly even three more reactors.
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The problem with final storage for nuclear waste is said to be solved here, for the first time in the world. A huge grave has already been dug for high level radioactive waste, despite that the project is seen as absurd in expert circles.
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As Finland has a reputation of having an exceptionally positive attitude toward the nuclear industry, it's not surprising that companies interested in uranium mining come here as well. There are almost 20 applications for uranium mining under way at the moment, in various places in Eastern and Northern Finland.
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This year we´ll have a protest camp in Tervola, Lapland, near the Simo municipality, where the company [[Fennovoima]] (owned by German energy  giant Eon) has bought land for building a new nuclear plant, close to one of the last open salmon rivers on the European continent. Small communities with economical problems are easy to buy, when the local politicians are more interested in the money than in the well-being of nature and the community in the long term. We´ll also pay a visit to areas of uranium prospecting.
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The aim is to make the camp a space, where local movements against uranium prospecting and nuclear projects, NGOs that fight against the Finnish government's ridiculous energy policy, radical ecological groups, international anti-nuclear activists, and of course anyone else interested in the issues, can gather together, unite, and build a stronger movement. The program will provide information, skill sharing and action. Also, the aim is for the camp to be a space for sharing our visions about a safer and nicer future, and for learning to live respecting both the nature and the people around us!
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More info:<br/>
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http://www.nuclearfreefinland.org
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email: [mailto:youth(at)nuclearfreefinland.org youth(at)nuclearfreefinland.org]{{Spamprotection}}
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== Materials ==
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=== Promotion material ===
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* [http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/f/f0/NCC_Poster.pdf English poster]
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* [http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/d/d7/Lapland_Camp_finnish_A4_bw.pdf Image:Lapland Camp finnish A4 bw.pdf]
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* [[Image:Lapland Camp finnish A4 color.pdf|http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/6/67/Lapland_Camp_finnish_A4_color.pdf]]
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* [[Image:Lapland Camp finnish 4xA4 bw.pdf|http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/7/74/Lapland_Camp_finnish_4xA4_bw.pdf]]
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* [[Image:Lapland Camp finnish 4xA4 color.pdf|http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/d/d1/Lapland_Camp_finnish_4xA4_color.pdf]]
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* [[Image:Lapland Camp swedish 4xA4 bw.pdf|http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/4/47/Lapland_Camp_swedish_4xA4_bw.pdf]]
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* [[Image:Lapland Camp swedish 4xA4 color.pdf|http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/images/3/3e/Lapland_Camp_swedish_4xA4_color.pdf]]
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=== Press Releases ===
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* [[PR:Uranium Power Meets Local and International Resistance in Finland|Uranium Power Meets Local and International Resistance in Finland]] ''(July 20, 2009)''
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* [[PR:Uranabbau trifft auf lokalen und internationalen Widerstand in Finnland|Uranabbau trifft auf lokalen und internationalen Widerstand in Finnland]] ''(July 23, 2009)''
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* [[PR:Uraanivoiman vastustajat kokoontuvat Tervolassa - kansainvälinen Ei Uraanivoimaa! -leiri|Uraanivoiman vastustajat kokoontuvat Tervolassa - kansainvälinen Ei Uraanivoimaa! -leiri]] ''(July 20, 2009)''
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=== Media Coverage ===
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* http://www.b-port.com/news/archive/2009-07-22-27/
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* [http://www.freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=29617 Freie Radios radio contribution] <small><small>German</small></small>
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* [http://areena.yle.fi/video/318552 YLE TV news] <small><small>Finnish</small></small>
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* [http://www.nuclearfreefinland.org/fi/node/156 YouTube video] <small><small>Finnish</small></small>
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* [http://www.b-port.com/news/archive/2009-07-22-27/ Russian News Article] <small><small>Russian</small></small>
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* [http://www.ydinvoima.net Some more infos about the camp and other nuclear issues] <small><small>Finnish</small></small>
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== Fennovoima office in Simo attacked ==
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[[Nuclear Companies#Fennovoima|Fennovoima]] is a Finnish company of a big number of local electricity companies and with the German EON company as a main stakeholder. They want to establish a third nuclear reactor site in Finland besides Olkiluoto and Lovisa. In Simo the Mayor welcomed Fennovoima and the idea of a [[NPP]] at this location.
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On July 24, 2009 - at the same time as the camp took place - obviously anti-nuclear activists attacked the Fennovoima office in Simo. The graffitis say "We take the profits, you get the radiation" and "We offer you cancer, radioactive waste, environmental destruction...a warm feeling for future generations".
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This was the first action against atomic power in Lapland. Hopefully these won't be the last direct actions against the nuclear industry in the North of Finland...
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[[Fennovoima office in Simo attacked|learn more]]
  
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The current Climate Crisis has made real the unthinkable: the
 
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Nuclear Industry can present itself as environment-friendly! The
 
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nuclear industry, which should really be called the uranium
 
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industry, has made the most of this, and launched a global
 
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comeback, although it was thought to be in a steady decline only
 
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ten years ago. Finland has in many ways been leading the way (in
 
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the global North), starting with the approval of a new, fifth
 
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reactor in 2002; and now also the world's first ever final storage
 
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site for nuclear waste is being built, and there's prospecting for
 
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uranium and plans for new power plants plopping up all over the
 
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country.
 
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This has nothing to do with geographical suitability: the bedrock's
 
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full of cracks and seismically active, the Uranium amounts are
 
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likely quite small, and the Baltic Sea, which all the power plants
 
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will be placed along, changes water so slowly that it's already
 
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stored the highest amount of radioactivity in any body of water in
 
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the world.
 
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Rather, it has got quite much to do with political circumstances:
 
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Finland is on the fringe of the continent, the population density
 
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is low, and social protest is not a big thing; it's easy for the
 
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nuclear lobby to drive through their projects - and set an example,
 
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which is already starting to be followed by other countries in
 
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Europe and around the World.
 
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This is something we intend to change: A new antinuclear network is
 
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growing, and now we invite you to one of the most remote, sparsely
 
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populated regions of Finland and Europe, where the actual majority
 
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of the uranium prospecting and the proposed new power plant sites
 
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are under way; Lapland, home to Europe's only remaining indigenous
 
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people, the Saami;
 
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To a weeklong camp for action, networking and information - and for
 
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trying to figure out all the mess: The Climate crisis has brought
 
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us to a point where fossil fuels, whether oil, coal or uranium,
 
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will very obviously prove a very, very bad alternative in the very,
 
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very near future, and we really need to find other directions than
 
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never-ending economic growth. We Welcome You to join us in making
 
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 16 December 2015

City Hall of Simo: "Sold To The Uranium Capitalism"
Performance in front of the City Hall
Stones With Nuclear Symbols Left Everywhere
Placard: "Nuclear Power Is A Deadly Terrorist"
Rally Against Nuclear Power In Kemi
Meeting And Presentation About A Proposed NPP At The Simo Harbour
Excursion To A Proposed Uranium Mining Area
People Walking Through Wetlands Threatened By Uranium Mine Plans
Lake In The Threatened Area
Boreal Forests In Danger By Uranium Mining
Break At A Cabin
Impression Of The Area Areva Wants To Destroy
At the same time as the camp the Fennovoima office in Simo was attacked with paint
Frontcover of the Postcard to promote the Nuclear Climate Camp
Backcover of the Postcard



Images Of The Camp

Performance in Simo

  • Sample gallery

  • Action impressions of the rally in Simo on June 22, 2009

  • Placards in front of the City Hall of Simo

  • LaplandCamp action2.jpg

  • "Welcome in the future irradiated Simo"

  • Performance in front of the City Hall

  • LaplandCamp Performance3.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Performance1.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Performance2.jpg

  • Banner from the roof of the City Hall of Simo - "Sold to the Uranium Capitalism" + Performance in front of the building

  • LaplandCamp Banner7.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Banner6.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Banner1.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Banner2.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Banner3.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Banner5.jpg

  • Those yellow stones symbolizing nuclear waste were left at several places in Simo.

  • LaplandCamp NuclearStones2.jpg
  • LaplandCamp NuclearStones1.jpg

  • Simo's pro-nuclear Mayor in discussion with activists. The Mayor of Simo wants a nuclear power plant in his community and welcomed the nuclear company Fennovoima to Simo.

  • Talk of a journalist with Simo's pro-nuclear Mayor.

  • LaplandCamp Mayor1.jpg

  • The placard says: "Nuclear power is a deadly terrorist"

  • Anti-nuclear information left at the notice board of the City Hall


Performance in Kemi

  • Sample gallery

  • Rally in Kemi on June 22, 2009

  • LaplandCamp Kemi2.jpg

  • A police officer tries to stop the protesters

  • LaplandCamp Kemi5.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Kemi4.jpg

  • Anyway, the rally contiunues on the prohibited route

  • Policed tried to stop the non-announced rally

  • LaplandCamp Kemi7.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Kemi8.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Kemi10.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Kemi11.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Kemi12.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Kemi14.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Kemi15.jpg

  • Police to escort the demonstration...

  • LaplandCamp Kemi17.jpg


Excursion to A Proposed NPP Site

  • Sample gallery

  • Lecture of a fisherman about the threat of a NPP

  • Meeting and presentation at the Simo Harbour with local fishermen

  • Fennovoima wants to establish a new NPP site in this area

  • Map of the land claimed by the nuclear company Fennovoima for a proposed new Nuclear Power Plant

  • Fennovoima-controlled areas surrounding the location of the planned NPP site

  • Landscape by the harbour of Simo

  • Plan of a new Nuclear Power Plant nearby

  • Harbour of Simo

  • LaplandCamp propNPP2.jpg
  • LaplandCamp propNPP1.jpg


Workshops At The Camp

  • Sample gallery

  • Workshop about the Saami

  • LaplandCamp Workshop2.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Workshop3.jpg
  • LaplandCamp Workshop4.jpg

  • Further workshops at the Camp in Tervola

  • LaplandCamp Workshop8.jpg

  • Lecture of the Mayor of Tervola at the Camp

  • LaplandCamp Workshop10.jpg


Excursion to An Area Threatened By Uranium Mining Plans

  • Sample gallery

  • Exploring an area of a proposed uranium mining site in Lapland

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  • The scout shows some native berries and plants.

  • Anthill

  • People walking through wetlands...

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  • People walking through wetlands...

  • The scout lead the excursion

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  • Break

  • Some people swimming in a lake

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  • Another break at a cabin

  • Campfire at the excursion to visit the area

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  • After the excursion the group camped in the area where the uranium mine was proposed

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  • Nature threatened by Areva's uranium mining plans

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NO to Uranium Power - Antinuclear Climate Camp

Tervola, Lapland, Finland 20 – 26 of July 2009

Welcome to join our protest camp in finnish Lapland next summer! We won't allow this corner of the world, that the borders of the finnish government surrounds, to become a paradise of the nuclear industry!

Olkiluoto 3, The fifth reactor in the country is now under construction in Western Finland. Over a thousand mistakes have already been documented in the construction work. The cost of the construction is now twice the original budget, and the project is already three years behind schedule.

However, the Finnish government seems so excited about this success, that they are happy to let nuclear industry take care of the economy of the country in the future as well. The recent dramatic decrease in energy consumption has not affected the plans for possibly even three more reactors.

The problem with final storage for nuclear waste is said to be solved here, for the first time in the world. A huge grave has already been dug for high level radioactive waste, despite that the project is seen as absurd in expert circles.

As Finland has a reputation of having an exceptionally positive attitude toward the nuclear industry, it's not surprising that companies interested in uranium mining come here as well. There are almost 20 applications for uranium mining under way at the moment, in various places in Eastern and Northern Finland.

This year we´ll have a protest camp in Tervola, Lapland, near the Simo municipality, where the company Fennovoima (owned by German energy giant Eon) has bought land for building a new nuclear plant, close to one of the last open salmon rivers on the European continent. Small communities with economical problems are easy to buy, when the local politicians are more interested in the money than in the well-being of nature and the community in the long term. We´ll also pay a visit to areas of uranium prospecting.

The aim is to make the camp a space, where local movements against uranium prospecting and nuclear projects, NGOs that fight against the Finnish government's ridiculous energy policy, radical ecological groups, international anti-nuclear activists, and of course anyone else interested in the issues, can gather together, unite, and build a stronger movement. The program will provide information, skill sharing and action. Also, the aim is for the camp to be a space for sharing our visions about a safer and nicer future, and for learning to live respecting both the nature and the people around us!

More info:
http://www.nuclearfreefinland.org

email: youth(at)nuclearfreefinland.org[1]


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Fennovoima office in Simo attacked

Fennovoima is a Finnish company of a big number of local electricity companies and with the German EON company as a main stakeholder. They want to establish a third nuclear reactor site in Finland besides Olkiluoto and Lovisa. In Simo the Mayor welcomed Fennovoima and the idea of a NPP at this location.

On July 24, 2009 - at the same time as the camp took place - obviously anti-nuclear activists attacked the Fennovoima office in Simo. The graffitis say "We take the profits, you get the radiation" and "We offer you cancer, radioactive waste, environmental destruction...a warm feeling for future generations".

This was the first action against atomic power in Lapland. Hopefully these won't be the last direct actions against the nuclear industry in the North of Finland...

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