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Greenpeace blocks nuclear waste shipment in France

Activists block nuclear shipment in France Google News (AFP) – 26 Jan 2010 CHERBOURG, France — Greenpeace activists said Monday they were blocking a train transporting nuclear waste to the French port of Cherbourg from where it was to be shipped to Russia.Four activists who had chained themselves to the railway line near the harbour were removed early Monday morning by police but more activists were blocking the line at a different location, they said.

“We were dislodged in Cherbourg, but we are continuing our action some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the city, where we are physically blocking the passage of the train transporting nuclear waste,” Greenpeace representative Yannick Rousselet told AFP…………

An official with French nuclear giant Areva confirmed a consignment of 650 tonnes of uranium was headed to Russia but denied that it was waste, saying it only needed enrichment.

This was rejected by Rousselet, who called for a moratorium on the export of nuclear waste.

AFP: Activists block nuclear shipment in France

January 26, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, politics | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium