Nuclear Transport into UK Seallfield
simon | 05.02.2002 18:18
Three containers with 21 spent nuclear fuel rods have started their journey
from Germany to Sellafield in northern England. They were trucked six
kilometres from Neckarwestheim nuclear power station to a conventional power
station at Walheim to be transferred to railcars. Police said only six
demonstrators protested peacefully at the roadside. 500 police guarded the
shipment. On Wednesday the containers are to move on to Wörth in
Rhineland-Palatinate state where they're to join up with more nuclear waste
containers. It was not known from which station or stations these were, but
north Germany was mentioned. The journey to Sellafield is to start Wednesday
afternoon. Five transports of waste are to roll out of Neckarwestheim this
year. A spokesman for the Gemeinschaftskernkraftwerk Neckar (GKN) operating
company says all 12 containers will go to Sellafield.
from Germany to Sellafield in northern England. They were trucked six
kilometres from Neckarwestheim nuclear power station to a conventional power
station at Walheim to be transferred to railcars. Police said only six
demonstrators protested peacefully at the roadside. 500 police guarded the
shipment. On Wednesday the containers are to move on to Wörth in
Rhineland-Palatinate state where they're to join up with more nuclear waste
containers. It was not known from which station or stations these were, but
north Germany was mentioned. The journey to Sellafield is to start Wednesday
afternoon. Five transports of waste are to roll out of Neckarwestheim this
year. A spokesman for the Gemeinschaftskernkraftwerk Neckar (GKN) operating
company says all 12 containers will go to Sellafield.
simon