11 caskets of German spent fuel rods moving to Sellafield and La Hague
German activist groups | 03.02.2004 13:54 | Ecology | Technology | World
German anti-nuclear activists report that 11 Castor caskets of spent nuclear fuel are to be railed into France today (Tuesday) and tomorrow en route to processing plants in La Hague, France, and Sellafield, England.
The Hamburg-based X-tausendmal quer group says the Castors are to cross into France at Lauterbourg at about 2 pm on Wednesday.
A southwest German activist group reports the allegedly last consignment of spent nuclear fuel left Neckarwestheim nuke today, but that it’s no reason to celebrate.
The Ludwigsburg-based Aktionsbündnis CASTOR-Widerstand writes in a media release that at 9.30 am the consignment of two Castors was trucked out of Neckarwestheim to Walheim, for reloading on a train at Wörth, en route to Sellafield. They say there was a noticeable increase in police presence and some protest.
The northerners say a consignment is likely from the Stade nuke, closed down last year because its operator said it had had become uneconomical.
Protest actions are planned south of Hamburg, the group says. There would be vigils at the Buchholz and Rotenburg railway stations from 6 pm. (Infophone: 0160 - 95 48 96 10)
In the southwest protesters will meet at 9 am at Walheim station to demonstrate against the continued operation of the nuke.
The Unterweser (Esenshamm) nuke near Bremen also has transport permits. Although this is also likely to be the last consignment from there to Sellafield, says X-tausendmal quer, “we are firmly assuming that no transport will roll out of the Krümmel station.”
”There is nothing to celebrate for nuclear opponents about this last consignment out,” writes the Neckarwestheim group. “By building an interim storage, atomic waste production will continue for decades in Neckarwestheim as well. Meanwhile hundreds of tonnes of highly radioactive waste are in storage in Sellafield whose disposal is totally unclear. The first return transports to Gorleben have to be expected in the next few years without there being a final disposal solution in sight. The production of atomic waste must be stopped immediately. Even if they are called ‘abandonment of atomic power, all other ways are dangerous and completely irresponsible.”
The new regulations requiring nuclear power stations to store their waste on their own premises makes life a lot easier for them, write the Neckarwestheim activists. “There have never been better conditions for keeping nuclear power stations than under this Red-Green government’s socalled abandonment of atomic power,” their statement says.
Neckarwestheim: c/o DemoZentrum, Wilhelmstr. 45/1, 71638
Internet:
http://neckarwestheim.antiatom.de atomfeindliche Grüsse!
*****
Aktionsbuendnis CASTOR-Widerstand Neckarwestheim
anti-akw.neckarwestheim@s.netic.de
Info-tel 07141 / 903363 * fax / 923991
http://neckarwestheim.antiatom.de
A southwest German activist group reports the allegedly last consignment of spent nuclear fuel left Neckarwestheim nuke today, but that it’s no reason to celebrate.
The Ludwigsburg-based Aktionsbündnis CASTOR-Widerstand writes in a media release that at 9.30 am the consignment of two Castors was trucked out of Neckarwestheim to Walheim, for reloading on a train at Wörth, en route to Sellafield. They say there was a noticeable increase in police presence and some protest.
The northerners say a consignment is likely from the Stade nuke, closed down last year because its operator said it had had become uneconomical.
Protest actions are planned south of Hamburg, the group says. There would be vigils at the Buchholz and Rotenburg railway stations from 6 pm. (Infophone: 0160 - 95 48 96 10)
In the southwest protesters will meet at 9 am at Walheim station to demonstrate against the continued operation of the nuke.
The Unterweser (Esenshamm) nuke near Bremen also has transport permits. Although this is also likely to be the last consignment from there to Sellafield, says X-tausendmal quer, “we are firmly assuming that no transport will roll out of the Krümmel station.”
”There is nothing to celebrate for nuclear opponents about this last consignment out,” writes the Neckarwestheim group. “By building an interim storage, atomic waste production will continue for decades in Neckarwestheim as well. Meanwhile hundreds of tonnes of highly radioactive waste are in storage in Sellafield whose disposal is totally unclear. The first return transports to Gorleben have to be expected in the next few years without there being a final disposal solution in sight. The production of atomic waste must be stopped immediately. Even if they are called ‘abandonment of atomic power, all other ways are dangerous and completely irresponsible.”
The new regulations requiring nuclear power stations to store their waste on their own premises makes life a lot easier for them, write the Neckarwestheim activists. “There have never been better conditions for keeping nuclear power stations than under this Red-Green government’s socalled abandonment of atomic power,” their statement says.
Neckarwestheim: c/o DemoZentrum, Wilhelmstr. 45/1, 71638
Internet:
http://neckarwestheim.antiatom.de atomfeindliche Grüsse! *****
Aktionsbuendnis CASTOR-Widerstand Neckarwestheim
anti-akw.neckarwestheim@s.netic.de Info-tel 07141 / 903363 * fax / 923991
http://neckarwestheim.antiatom.de
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