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Hundreds
form human chain round German nuclear storage site
Monday December 13, 2010 07:51:25 AM,
DPA
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Ahaus (Germany): Several hundred nuclear energy
opponents formed a human chain around a German nuclear storage
site Sunday, to protest against transports of radioactive
material.
The storage site in Ahaus, near the Dutch border, holds spent
nuclear fuel rods that were intended for a Russian reprocessing
plant, until the Environment Ministry ruled last week that the
Majak nuclear facility did not meet necessary safety standards.
Sunday's protesters wanted to prevent any other planned deliveries
to or from Ahaus, as well as expressing solidarity with people in
Russia where nuclear safety standards were below par, organizers
said.
Mayak, a city in the Urals, is thought to be more strongly
contaminated that Chernobyl, where a nuclear reactor accident
released highly radioactive material that spread as far as
southern Germany in 1986.
Police said 500 took part in Sunday's demonstration, while
organizers said 700 were present.
In the German coastal town of Lubmin on the Baltic coast, more
demonstrations were planned over the coming days in protest at a
nuclear waste delivery due to arrive Thursday.
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