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50,000 Protesters Form Human Chain to Demand Belgium Close Nuclear Reactors

HeadlineJun 26, 2017

As many as 50,000 protesters formed a human chain that stretched across parts of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands on Sunday to demand Belgium shut down two nuclear reactors. The reactors are more than 30 years old and have been temporarily shut down twice in recent years after cracks were discovered in the core tanks.

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