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Greenpeace protests at Argentina nuclear plant



The protesters "were beaten and detained after entering the Embalse nuclear facility in Cordoba" some 700 kilometers (450 miles) northeast of Buenos Aires, a Greenpeace statement said.

It added that the group had hoped to underscore the dangers of nuclear power, two years after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami struck the city of Fukushima.

Media reports said that once inside the Argentine plant, the protesters unfurled a huge banner that read: "Nuclear Danger Must End."


The Japan quake two years ago unleashed a giant tsunami along the northeastern Pacific coast that killed nearly 19,000 people and crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which went through meltdowns and explosions, spewing radioactive materials into surrounding areas.
