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The '''CASTOR''' is a nuclear waste train from the nuclear reprocessing plant in La Hague / France to the storage facility in Gorleben / Germany.
 
The '''CASTOR''' is a nuclear waste train from the nuclear reprocessing plant in La Hague / France to the storage facility in Gorleben / Germany.
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There will be a big '''opening demonstration''' in '''Dannenberg''' on the 7th november and several actions of civil disobedience on the following days. The nuclear transports to Gorleben always have been a key event for the german anti-nuclear and direct action movement.
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There will be a big '''opening demonstration''' in '''Dannenberg''' on the 7th november and several actions of civil disobedience on the following days. The nuclear transports to Gorleben always have been a key event for the german anti-nuclear and direct action movement. The protest has a lot of support from the local people.
  
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== When ==
  
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7. Nov: Big Demonstration in Dannenberg
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According to [[Castor_transport_to_Gorleben_2010/Press_release_on_date | investigations]], the transport is supposed to start in La Hague on the 5th November and will arrive in the Wendland (the area around Gorleben) on the 7th. The transport is expected to be delayed heavily by protest actions.
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Afterwards: Several actions
 
  
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* one of the last transports with eleven containers of high level radioactive waste from the reprocessing unit in La Hague (F) to Gorleben (D) is expected for the beginning of ''November 2010'''
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== Location ==
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* it would be the 5th of these transports
 
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* '''start demonstration''' for the anti-castor blockades probably on '''November 6th, 2010''' in Dannenberg (D)
 
  
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== translation of [http://www.contratom.de/2.0/index.php?mod=artikel&id=27906 a press release] ==
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Gorleben is in the Wendland, an area in the north of Germany near Lüneburg. Most of the actions happen there, the nuclear waste will be transported on a train between Lüneburg and Dannenberg (approx. 50 km) and then changes to lorries. From there, it goes on a street (approx 30 km) to it's destination in Gorleben.
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According to investigations of the Citizens' Initiative Lüchow-Dannenberg the next nuclear waste transport will reach the Wendland region on the first November weekend. A big demonstration will take place on 6 November in Dannenberg.
 
  
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The train with 11 Castor containers is supposed to start on 5 November from Cap de la Hague and, from experience, is expected to reach the Wendland on 7 November. 8 November could be the day when the street transport on the last 30km from Dannenberg to Gorleben happens.
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== Accommodation ==
  
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“The anti-nuclear protests will reach a preliminary peak in early November this year in the Wendland as well as alongside the transport route” the Citizens' Initiative is sure. An alliance of anti-nuclear groups, environmental organisations, labour unions, church representatives will support the Farmers’ Emergency Association Against Nuclear Power. “Gorleben isn't a regional problem for quite some time anymore. It's here where the deadlocked nuclear policy of the conservative-liberal coalition becomes obvious: It produces waste of which no-one knows where to put it ‒ Gorleben has to be discarded because of waterways and gas inclusions” said initiative speaker Wolfgang Ehmke.
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There will be a couple of camps and other possibilities (town halls, churches) and it is usually no problem to find a place to stay during the action days.
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== Actions ==
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The protest in the wendland always was very diverse - there will be very different kind of actions.
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=== Schottern ===
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People plan a mass action to remove the rail track ballast.
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[[Call for the Schottern action]]
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=== X-tausend mal quer ===
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As always, the initiative [https://www.x-tausendmalquer.de/ x-tausend mal quer] plans a mass sit-in blockade on the street to Gorleben.
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== Links ==
  
 
'''more information:'''
 
'''more information:'''

Revision as of 21:42, 25 September 2010

7. Nov: Opening Demonstration in Dannenberg
Afterwards: Several actions

The CASTOR is a nuclear waste train from the nuclear reprocessing plant in La Hague / France to the storage facility in Gorleben / Germany. There will be a big opening demonstration in Dannenberg on the 7th november and several actions of civil disobedience on the following days. The nuclear transports to Gorleben always have been a key event for the german anti-nuclear and direct action movement. The protest has a lot of support from the local people.

When

According to investigations, the transport is supposed to start in La Hague on the 5th November and will arrive in the Wendland (the area around Gorleben) on the 7th. The transport is expected to be delayed heavily by protest actions.

Location

Gorleben is in the Wendland, an area in the north of Germany near Lüneburg. Most of the actions happen there, the nuclear waste will be transported on a train between Lüneburg and Dannenberg (approx. 50 km) and then changes to lorries. From there, it goes on a street (approx 30 km) to it's destination in Gorleben.

Accommodation

There will be a couple of camps and other possibilities (town halls, churches) and it is usually no problem to find a place to stay during the action days.

Actions

The protest in the wendland always was very diverse - there will be very different kind of actions.

Schottern

People plan a mass action to remove the rail track ballast.

Call for the Schottern action

X-tausend mal quer

As always, the initiative x-tausend mal quer plans a mass sit-in blockade on the street to Gorleben.

Links

more information:


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