Overview
- Berlin’s administrative court dismissed BUND NRW’s emergency motion against immediate execution, citing the group’s limited standing and deferring risk assessment to safety authorities.
- The BASE permit authorizes 152 Castor containers holding roughly 300,000 spent fuel pebbles to travel about 170 kilometers by road from Jülich to the interim site in Ahaus.
- Judges weighed interests in favor of proceeding, noting Jülich’s storage license expired in 2013 and a 2014 order requires clearing the site.
- BASE said the decision confirms its safety review, while BUND is examining the ruling and may lodge a complaint with the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg.
- No departure dates have been announced, with plans calling for multiple small, police-escorted convoys and a permit window running through August 2027.