8 arrested during anti-nuclear protest

A total of eight people were arrested during an anti-nuclear protest on Wedenesday. 

At the Montreal headquarters of Hydro-Quebec, six activists clad in Hazmat suits were detained. Two others were arrrested at Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission public hearings in Becancour. 

Four chained themselves to the doors in protest of plans to keep Quebec’s only nuclear power plant open. Two climbed onto a roof to hang a banner in protest and were taken into custody.

The activists are a part of Greenpeace Quebec, and they argue that there is no need to keep the nuclear plant running, as there is already a surplus of power in the province. They also warned of the risk of an accident similar to the recent meltdown in Japan.

Quebec’s power utility wants to spend two billion dollars to keep the facility running for thirty more years.