Protests as French PM visits Japan nuclear plant

[bananas]

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4F8Fjk8Vt_AAPq_JYzfWgxXW-pQ

Protests as French PM visits Japan nuclear plant

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ROKKASHO, Japan (AFP) — Hundreds of Japanese anti-nuclear activists protested Saturday as French Prime Minister Francois Fillon toured a new atomic facility here built in partnership between the two nations.

The plant in the northern region of Aomori is expected to begin operations next month, but critics charge that it poses an environmental safety risk and could also be vulnerable to an earthquake.

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Some 700 protesters rallied in Aomori, the main town in the prefecture of the same name and near Rokkasho, where the facility was built by Japan Nuclear Fuel (JNFL) and France's nuclear giant Areva.

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[diane in sf]

1. It's insane to build nuke plants in Japan--the whole country is one big fault zone.