Benken

Benken is a small village near the German-Swiss border and near Schaffhausen. It's part of the so-called Weinland.

In Benken, a permanent nuclear waste storage is planned.

Demonstration 2008
On 20th September 2008 there was a demonstration involving 2,000 protesters.

Press coverage:
 * http://www.blick.ch/news/sda?newsid=20080920brd020
 * http://www.drs.ch/www/de/drs/themen/news/10723.oid161282.html
 * http://www.punkt.ch/inland/story.html?no_cache=1&newsid=53117
 * http://www.nachrichten.ch/detail/320118.htm
 * http://www.epochtimes.de/articles/2008/09/20/341559.html
 * http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/zuerich/willkommen-im-atomland-100850
 * http://news.search.ch/inland/2008-09-20/demonstration-gegen-neue-atomkraftwerke
 * http://tagesschau.sf.tv/nachrichten/archiv/2008/09/20/schweiz/protest_gegen_atomkraftwerke
 * http://www.suedkurier.de/region/waldshut/art1060,3427936
 * http://ch.indymedia.org/de/2008/09/63134.shtml

Images:
 * http://pictures.hboeck.de/benken08/

Initiatives against Benken
There's an organization KLAR (»Kein Leben mit atomaren Risiken«, translated »No life with nuclear risks«), which has a group in Switzerland and in Germany. Beside there's a group called Kernfrauen. Also, the BUND (German section of Friends of the Earth) in Freiburg is very active on the topic.


 * http://www.klar-schweiz.com/
 * http://www.klargegenatom.de/
 * http://www.kernfrauen.ch/
 * http://vorort.bund.net/suedlicher-oberrhein/atommuell-benken.html