Nuclear Waste Train Travels From France to Germany

Right now in Germany we are witnessing an unprecedented mass mobilization against radioactive waste and against the operational extension of 17 nuclear reactors in the country by an average of 12 years.

This anti-CASTOR (Cask for Storage and Transport of Radioactive material) mobilization is the largest Germany has seen, and includes both the young and the old, farmers and politicians, environmental and youth groups. It is truly a grassroots movement, united behind one goal: saying 'Nein Danke' -'No thank you' - to nuclear energy.

These are a few pictures taken as the CASTOR is transported from France to Germany.

Thermography photos showing in 'red' heat emitting from nuclear transport containers in the railway station at Valognes, France. The nuclear waste leaving France is bound for storage in Gorleben, Germany. 11/02/2010