People form a human chain in front of the nuclear power plant in Neckarswestheim, Germany, Mar.12. More than 40,000 opponents of nuclear energy formed a 45-kilometer human chain across southern Germany to demand an immediate end to the use of nuclear energy. Organizers said that turnout was probably boosted by the day's news of a possible accident and meltdown at a Japanese nuclear power plant stemming from damage sustained in a massive earthquake on Mar. 11. The protest focused on the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant near the southern German city of Stuttgart.