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Publish date: November 10, 2010

Year 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the day that changed the fate of millions of people around the world. On April 26, 1986 the Chernobyl disaster occurred.

We want people to remember once again the immense danger that nuclear power plants contain. We want all the people in the world to remember the Chernobyl disaster. There are still people that have never heard of it but need to know.

On the 26th of April 2011 at 01.23,47 Moscow time (the time the explosion happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant) activists in many towns all over the world held an action commemorating the 25th anniversary of the accident on the Chernobyl NPP. Besides that there were a lot of other actions dedicated to Chernobyl: movie shows, discussions, demonstrations, informational street actions, lessons at schools.

Photos from the actions in different towns all over the world

List of world’s nuclear power plants (download, 62 kB, .pdf)

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Country

City

Name

Action

 

Russia

 

 

 

St. Petersburg

 

Bellona

Bellona activists will light candles in memory of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Action in memory will be held at the Dvortsovaya  Square at the time when the accident occurred 25 years ago. In St. Petersburg at that time will be 2:23.

 

Russia

 

 

Sosnovy Bor

 

Bellona

Bellona activists will light candles in memory of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Action in memory will be held at the city where the Leningrad atomic power station is located at the time when the accident occurred 25 years ago. In Sosnovy Bor at that time will be 2:23.

Russia

Murmansk

Bellona

Bellona’s activists will light up 25 candles on the main square of Murmansk called Five Corners at 2.23 am Moscow time on the 26th April.

On 29-30 April there will be also a rock-festival where young non-professional musical groups from Murmansk regions, other North-West Russian regions, Norway, Finland and Sweden will take place. The 3rd international music festival “Rock Attacks Barents” this year is dedicated to the 25th commemoration of Chernobyl catastrophe

 

Norway

 

Oslo

Bellona

Bellona activists will light 25 candles in a memory of the Chernobyl catastrophe and join the demonstration against nuclear power in front of the Parliament in Oslo at 1pm Norway time.

 

Ukraine

 

Kiev

Pripyat.com

Activists of the organization will lighten 25 candles at 1.23 am in a memory of the Chernobyl disaster on the streets of Kiev.

 

Argentina 

 

 

 

ECO-SITIO – Portal de Medio Ambiente y Ecologica

The organization activists will light candles on the streets in memory of the Chernobyl disaster at a time when the accident occurred 25 years ago. In Argentina, that time will be 19:23, April 25.

 

China

 

 

Dalian

 

Blue Dalian

The organization activists will light candles on the streets of Dalian in memory of the Chernobyl disaster at a time when the accident occurred 25 years ago. In China at this time will be 6:23, April 26.

 

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

 

Greenpeace

 

 

European Union

 

 

European Chernobyl Network

The European Chernobyl Network will arrange the action in memory of the accident at Chernobyl in many European countries: Austria, Holland, Italy, France, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Great Britain and Belarus. In the evening of April 25 activists will light candles in the shape of the sign of radiation or the number 25.

 

France

 

 

Sortir du nucleaire

In many cities of France will be hold different actions in memory of the Chernobyl disaster over 25 days from 2 to 26 of April. In the evening of 25 April activists will light candles on the streets.

 

Great Britain

 

 

 

Chernobyl Children’s project

In many cities of the UK in the evening of 25 April activists will light candles in the shape of the number 25.

 

Great Britain

North Cornwall Chernobyl Children Lifeline

At 8pm on 25 April lone bells will toll from North Cornwall churches 25 times as part of a Europe-wide memorial to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

 

Great Britain

Bridgewater

Somerset

 

Stop Hinkley with Sedgemoor Peace Group and the Green Party

Activists will participate in the event in Bridgwater,Somerset,UK 6 miles from Hinkley Point power station on April 26,2011. It is dedicated to prevent the proposed expansion of 2 new reactors at Hinkley Point and the closing down of Hinkley B station.

 

Great Britain

Lancashier

Heysham Anti-Nuclear Alliance

A commemorative vigil, with 25 candles, will be held on the evening of April 26.

They are also planning to do some actions to draw attention to the dangers of the passage of ‘nuclear trains through Lancaster and to the ‘exclusion/evacuation zone’ implications for Heysham’s Nuclear Power installations.

 

USA

 

 

Amherst Northampton

 

The Nuclear Free Future Committee of Western Massachusetts

 In these cities of the USA on April 25 and 26 the “Voices of Chernobyl” will be read in memory of the disaster of 1986.

 

USA

California Raging grannies Raging grannies” will hold a protest on 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl: No More Nukes Now! It will be on 26 April at 11.30 am at 1010 El Camino Real, MENLO PARK, California.

 

USA

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety

CCNS and other sponsors are organizing a candlelight vigil at DeVargas Park, right next to the Santa Fe River on Alameda, beginning at 7 pm on Tuesday, April 26th.

 

Italy

 

 

 

Rome

 

 

Coordinamento dei Comitati di Roma Nord

The organization activists will light candles on the streets of Rome in memory of the Chernobyl disaster at a time when the accident occurred 25 years ago. In Italy at this time will be 23:23, April 25.

 

Finland

 

 

Loviisa 

 

 

STYRGE

Candle-lit demonstration at the center square on 26th of April / Live webcam coverage: http://www.loviisansanomat.net/kamera.php

 

Finland

Turku

 

 

Student Union of the University of Turku

 

 

Finland

Helsinki

Itkijänaiset (Weeping women)

Organizers of the march:

Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto (The Finnish Association of Nature Conservation)

Greenpeace

Maan ystävät  (Friends of the Eartth Finland)

Luonto-Liitto  (Nature League)

Rauhanliitto  (The Finnish Peace Association)

Women for Peace 

No MOre Nuclear Power movement

26 April at 15-16.45 in the center of Helsinki 25 Weeping Women will mourn the victims of Chernobyl and Fukushima holding candles in hands. Then they will join a bigger demonstration at 17 marching from the Railway station to the Parliament house, protesting against the Finnish nuclear power program and demanding “Nuclear Faceout in Finland!”

 

Finland

Kemi

Meri-Lapin ydinverkosto
Karsikon puolesta ry
Naiset rauhan puolesta ry

Chernobyl 25 memorial silent event will be on Valtakatu in Kemi on 26.4.2011 at 17:00 local time.

The location of this event is 12.7 km from the planned Fennovoima NPP

site (Simo/Karsikko).

 

Lithuania

Vilnius

Community “Atgaja”

ANTIatomine

Activist will hold a manifestation against nuclear power in front of the parliament at 2pm on 26th April.

 

Turkey

Istanbul

Mersin
Datça
İzmir
A
ltona-Almanya

 

Kuresel Eylem Grubu

 

Activists organize an action at 6:30 pm on 26th April against nuclear power.

Different events will be also in other Turkish towns.

 

Cyprus

Nikosia

The Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL), New Cyprus Party (YKP), United Cyprus Party (BKP), Cyprus Green Party, EDON, KTÖS, KTAMS, DAÜ-BİR-SEN, BES, ÇAĞ-SEN, Turkish Cypriot Association for Democracy (UK

 

A human chain holding candles for the commemoration of the victims of Chernobyl will be standing on the Ledra Street on 26 April at 9pm.

 

Russia

Arkhangelsk,

Balakovo,

Barnaul,

Volgograd,

Voronezh,

Kazan,

Kostroma,

Lipetsk,

Moscow,

Nizhny Novgorod,

Novorossijsk,

Petrozavodsk,

Tambov,

Ulianovsk

 

 

Yabloko – Green Russia

Activists of the organization together with other initiative groups will light 25 candles on the main squares of the cities at the time of Chernobyl catastrophe to commemorate the victims.

 

Russia

Kaliningrad

Multiregional ecological youth NGO “EKA”

 

 

Russia

Slavsk, Timiryazevo

Youth Movement “Healthy generation”

 

 

Russia

Chelyabinsk

Green world”

 

 

Russia

Ulan-Ude Siberian creative group  

 

Russia

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod anti-nuclea movement  

 

Russia

Desnogorsk, Zarechny, KamenskUralsky, Ekaterinburg, PetropavlovskKamchatsky, Novosibirsk, Initiative group