Nuclear Waste Transport to Ahaus

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  • transport of high level and other radioactive waste to the temporary repository in Ahaus (D) probably in the beginning of 2012, partly in Castor-like containers, including nuclear materials from several German nuclear facilities
    • shipments of 152 Castor casks with 288,161 high level radioactive waste pebbles (spherical fuel elements) of the former very high temperature reactor (VHTR) AVR Jülich are supposed to start in October 2012 (instead of early 2012) from the research center in Jülich (D) to the interim repository in Ahaus (D)[1]
    • as decided on November 30th[2], they are supposed to be shipped in convois of two Castor casks each transport - 76 shipments within a supposed time frame of 1 1/2 years[1] - due to the new (as of February 2012) information of the beginning of these transports in October there will be a need of nearly weekly shipments of 6 trucks as the transport permission ends in 2013
    • download the flyer German
    • first transports were announced for the beginning of 2010, but were postponed
  • a transport of medium level radioactive waste CSD-C coquilles in 192 CASTOR TGC 36 casks from the so-called "reprocessing unit" (plutonium factory) La Hague is expected after 2020 (earlier: 2014[3][4])
  • a transport of low and medium level radioactive waste from several places like the nuclear waste conditioning plant in Duisburg is supposed to take place soon - in early 2012!
    • A first "test shipment" has been announced for the 11th week (March 12-18, 2012)!
  • the transport of high level radioactive waste from Ahaus (D) to Russia that was proposed to be done on December 16/17, 2010[5] has been cancelled as a result of massive protests[6] German
  • more information:


  • past events:
    • Autobahn action day and afterwards manifestation at the research center Jülich on February 25, 2012
    • start-up rally of the protests on December 18, 2011 at 2 PM at the repository in Ahaus (D)
    • demonstration on November 21, 2010 at 2 PM at the repository in Ahaus (D)
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://de.indymedia.org/2011/12/321158.shtml as at December 3, 2011
  2. ↑ http://www.contratom.de/2011/12/01/autobahn-castoren-aus-julich-sollen-rollen as at Devember 3, 2011
  3. ↑ Accoring to a booklet of Deutsches Atomforum, the lobby organization of the German nuclear industry: "Die Rücknahme von Wiederaufarbeitungsabfällen aus Frankreich und Großbritannien. Transport und Zwischenlagerung von Glaskokillen" as at January 19, 2012
  4. ↑ http://www.anti-atom-aktuell.de/archiv/186/186ahaus.html as at January 19, 2012
  5. ↑ see http://www.contratom.de/2.0/index.php?mod=blog&artikel=1489 - December 8, 2010
  6. ↑ http://www.contratom.de/2.0/index.php?mod=blog&artikel=1523 - December 8, 2010
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