A ship transporting seven containers of highly radioactive nuclear waste docked in Nordenham, Germany, amidst protests and police presence. The waste, from reprocessed fuel elements of decommissioned German nuclear plants, was moved from England to a temporary storage unit in Bavaria. As the first container was unloaded, police safeguarded the port while protestors voiced objections. Activist groups emphasized the risks involved in transporting the waste and argued it should remain until a permanent site is assured, claiming that each transport merely delays a larger issue of nuclear waste management.
"Every castor container carries enormous risk," said Helge Bauer from the protest group Ausgestrahlt. "Nuclear waste should, therefore, only be transported once to a permanent storage site."
Kerstin Rudek, a spokesperson for the group Castor-Stoppen, said in a statement, "Every castor transport is one too many because it only postpones the problem and does not solve it."
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