A group of 13 protesters from Greenpeace International stormed UPM-Kymmene's headquarters to protest against the group's involvement in a nuclear reactor.


UPM-Kymmene is the largest private shareholder in Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), which has applied for permission to build a fifth nuclear reactor in Finland, on the Baltic coast.
Greenpeace spokesman Mike Townsley said: "We felt we had to make the point that this project was leading Finland down an unsustainable energy path.


"Three activists abseiled from the roof, while eight built a brick wall in front of the office," he said.


The protestors unveiled a 20m-long banner from the roof and the brickbuilders barricaded themselves in for four hours before all were arrested.


"UPM-Kymmene should now have the vision of looking to the future instead of clinging to the past," said campaigner Harri Lammi.


A UPM spokesman admitted a protest had taken place, and that the banner remained in place for several hours before it was removed.


Greenpeace said UPM-Kymmene, as the largest shareholder, would decide whether or not an application for the reactor would be handed in.


Story by Andy Scott