 In 1971, 15,000 people demonstrated against French plans to locate the first light -water reactor power plant in Bugey.This was the first of
a series of mass protests organized at nearly every planned nuclear site
until the massive demonstration at the Superphénix breeder reactor in
Creys-Malvillein in 1977 culminated in violence.Between 1975 and 1977, some 175,000 people protested against nuclear power in ten demonstrations.