Uranium run on 25th January 2006

On Indymedia there’s an article explaining how, on the 25th of January this month, a train will be shipping Uranium Hexafluaride (UF6) from Germany to The Netherlands, and from there to Russia:

German and Dutch nuclear opponents plan to disrupt a consignment of depleted uranium hexafluoride they say is due to run Wednesday, 25 February, from Germany through The Netherlands to Russia. The UF6, a product of the uranium enrichment process, will leave Germany’s only uranium enrichment plant in Gronau, near the Dutch border. The train will run to Rotterdam from where the deadly material will be shipped on to Russia.


The actual route of the shipment from Germany to The Netherlands, from which it will be shipped to Russia.

Undoubtly, this will cause some activists to try and stop this — or at least drive this topic to get some media-attention. Then again, it most probably won’t…
 
Update 18:11: Correct caption below image.
 
Uranium, Nuclear, Europe, The Netherlands, Russia, Germany

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