Targeting nuclear power. (On the Line).Sizewell Sizewell is a small fishing village with a few holiday homes in the county of Suffolk, England. , Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. Greenpeace Greenpeace, international organization that promotes environmental awareness and addresses environmental abuse through direct, nonviolent confrontations with governments and companies. Founded in 1971 to oppose U.S. activists entered the Sizewell nuclear power station on January 13 to draw attention to the poor security at nuclear plants. "We wouldn't do anything to interfere with the plant, but if terrorists targeted a nuclear power station it would be deadly," said Greenpeace volunteer Rob Gueterbock from the reactor Reactor (electricity) A device for introducing an inductive reactance into a circuit. Inductive reactance x is a function of the product of frequency f and inductance L; thus, x = 2πfL. dome. "Terrorists are unlikely to blow up a wind farm or make a dirty bomb from a solar panel." For more information, go to www.greenpeace.org. |
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