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Tbilisi (Georgia), May 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Zurab Kurtsikidze) Georgians participate in a protest in Tbilisi against the construction of the Namakhvani hydroelectric power station dam on the Rioni River. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN TBILISI
The first of six turbines of the $4 billion Rogun hydroelectric dam has been launched. When complete, the Rogun rockfill dam is expected to be 335 metres tall (1,099 feet), making it the largest in the world. When all six turbines turbines come online, the facility will generate a total of 3,600 megawatts of power.
In Tarn-et-Garonne, angry farmers are blocking access to the Golfech nuclear power station, which supplies electricity to the Toulouse region. Around fifty tractors and several bales of straw are blocking traffic. IMAGES
Gaza City sinks into darkness as its sole power station shuts down Wednesday after running out of fuel. IMAGES
A small group of protesters gather near the Fukushima Daiichi power plant as the release of the wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is set to begin. IMAGES
The chief of the UN's nuclear watchdog says there is no immeidate risk to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after damage to a major dam some 150 km away in occupied Ukraine caused floods. Whilst the IAEA is aware of reports of damage at the Kakhovka dam, Director General Rafael Grossi says the watchdog's "current assessment is that there is no immediate risk to the safety of the (Zaporizhzhia) plant." SOUNDBITE
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