A transport of nuclear waste through the Palatinate and Saarland areas of Germany has reached and crossed the French border without major incident. The transport with three containers from Neckarwestheim nuclear power station drove via Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern to Neunkirchen in Saarland. Saarbrücken police said it was coupled there to a train with six containers from the north German nukes at Krümmel,
Brokdorf and Grohnde, passing into France at 8.50 p.m. The spent fuel rods from Brokdorf and Grohnde will be reprocessed at La Hague in France, the others in Sellafield, Britain.