Greenpeace activists protest new nuclear plant for Rio

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) — Greenpeace activists set up lines of toilet seats with radioactive symbols on them in Rio de Janeiro Monday to protest the "waste" of public funds for the construction of a new nuclear power plant.

Around 20 protesters stood over the toilet installation in front of a state electricity office to show that nuclear power was "expensive, dirty and dangerous," according to a spokeswoman for the group, Beatriz Carvalho.

She said Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's decision to build a third nuclear plant in Rio "is transforming public money into radioactive waste."

Two activists dressed in protective gear underscored that message by placing giant coins in the latrines.

The protest coincided with the release of a report by...