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Ship carrying nuclear reactor parts, activists docks in Finland
Helsinki (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 A ship carrying steam turbines for a new Finnish nuclear reactor docked Wednesday in the Western Finnish city of Rauma with eight Greenpeace activists on board, Finnish police said. The activists boarded the ship earlier this week to protest the third-generation nuclear reactor currently being built at Olkiluoto, in southwest Finland, by the French company Areva. "The activists have left the ship on the authorities' request," Finnish police said in a statement, explaining the eight campaigners were found on board the Happy Ranger as police carried out an inspection along with border guards and customs officials. "We left the ship after authorities said we would not be accused of anything," activist Mai Kivelae told AFP. She said environmental group Greenpeace wanted the Finnish government to halt the building of a new nuclear reactor in Olkiluoto, located some 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of Rauma. Six Greenpeace activists boarded the ship on Monday as it made its way through the Fehmarn Belt strait between Denmark and Germany to protest against the Olkiluoto project. Another four campaigners climbed aboard on Tuesday, and two left as the ship was sailing in Swedish waters. French nuclear giant Areva and Germany's Siemens are building the Nordic country's fifth nuclear reactor in Olkiluoto. The project has been plagued with delays and is now expected to be ready around mid-2012, some three years behind the original schedule. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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