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| German clashes over nuclear cargo | German clashes over nuclear cargo |
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| A shipment of nuclear waste is expected to arrive at a dump in Germany despite mass protests from environmentalists. | A shipment of nuclear waste is expected to arrive at a dump in Germany despite mass protests from environmentalists. |
| Eleven containers of treated waste were on Monday transferred from a train onto lorries in Dannenberg for the final journey to the northern Gorleben site. | Eleven containers of treated waste were on Monday transferred from a train onto lorries in Dannenberg for the final journey to the northern Gorleben site. |
| The train was delayed for hours after setting off from France on Friday, as protesters clashed with police trying to block the shipment. | |
| Several demonstrators even managed to cement themselves to the tracks. | Several demonstrators even managed to cement themselves to the tracks. |
| A number of protesters on Monday are continuing to block access to the Gorleben site in Lower Saxony. | A number of protesters on Monday are continuing to block access to the Gorleben site in Lower Saxony. |
| "We will be the last to be removed, but we will keep going. I don't care if it's tomorrow or the day after tomorrow - I'm staying here," Katrin Heineberger from Germany's Green Youth Party said. | "We will be the last to be removed, but we will keep going. I don't care if it's tomorrow or the day after tomorrow - I'm staying here," Katrin Heineberger from Germany's Green Youth Party said. |
| "I want to bloc the transporter and stop it from making its way to the storage facility," she said. | "I want to bloc the transporter and stop it from making its way to the storage facility," she said. |
| Some 16,000 police have been deployed across Germany to ensure the shipment reaches its final destination. | Some 16,000 police have been deployed across Germany to ensure the shipment reaches its final destination. |
| Germany has no reprocessing facilities of its own, and each year it sends large quantities of used fuel to France and Britain for treatment. | Germany has no reprocessing facilities of its own, and each year it sends large quantities of used fuel to France and Britain for treatment. |
| The treated waste is then returned to Gorleben, which has been the focus of anti-nuclear protests for more than 30 years. | The treated waste is then returned to Gorleben, which has been the focus of anti-nuclear protests for more than 30 years. |
| The government in Berlin has approved plans to phase out its nuclear energy by about 2020. | The government in Berlin has approved plans to phase out its nuclear energy by about 2020. |