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And anti-nuclear power protests continued over the weekend. In Hong Kong, hundreds of protesters took to the streets, urging Hong Kong's leaders to stop importing nuclear energy from nearby plants in mainland China.
Some 460 people in Hong Kong marched in an anti-nuclear rally on Sunday, protesting against the increased use of nuclear power imported from mainland China.
Organized by the Greenpeace environmental group, the protesters marched to the Central Government office building.
Activists from various political parties and environmental groups demanded that the Hong Kong government halt a nuclear expansion plan coming before the legislative council at the end of April.
The government plans to increase the use of nuclear energy, imported from mainland China, from 23 percent to 50 per cent by 2020.
That rings alarm bells for environmentalists.
[Chu Hon-keung, Environmentalist]:
"This not only affects the environment, but the next generation also bears a high risk. Especially in the future when Hong Kong will be surrounded by about 16 more nuclear plants, built in the Pearl River Delta. With such a high population, the pressure and risk are really high."
There has been a rise in the number of protests against nuclear power, following the disaster at the Daiichi nuclear plant at Fukushima, Japan, which was crippled in the recent massive earthquake and tsunami.
Nobuo Tanaka, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency recently suggested that the events at Fukushima would increase pressure for a reduction in nuclear power usage.
