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Second Castor Reaches Ahaus After Delay Under Heavy Police Guard

The overnight move reflects a court-tested push to clear Jülich under a 2014 order.

Overview

  • Early Wednesday, a second radioactive waste container arrived at the Ahaus interim storage after an overnight convoy from Jülich secured by a large police operation.
  • The departure ran about an hour late, which JEN Jülich linked to a power-supply issue affecting the heavy transporter while it was stationary.
  • A Münster administrative court let protesters use illuminated crosses and permitted demonstrations on bridges with limits after police sought broader restrictions.
  • Activists held vigils in Jülich, Bottrop, and Ahaus, where police counted roughly 20 in Jülich, about a dozen in Bottrop, and around 180 at the Ahaus rally.
  • Authorities plan to move 152 casks holding tennis-ball-sized fuel pebbles from a high-temperature test reactor operated from 1967 to 1988, and this run again carried only one cask.