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| our german buddies national | miscellaneous | news report  Thursday March 21, 2002 12:47 by publo source ireland.com da bomb German protesters block Sellafield-bound convoy Last updated: 21-03-02, 11:13 German anti-nuclear activists held up a train carrying spent nuclear fuel rods bound for Sellafield reprocessing centre for four hours this morning before authorities cleared the track. Environmental activists from the Robin Wood group said the cargo from the northern German power plant in Kruemmel, destined for the Sellafield reprocessing plant, had been stopped between the towns of Escheburg and Bergedorf. Four activists chained themselves to the track. The organisation said 250 protesters had taken part in the demonstration. A spokeswoman for the federal border police said the blockade had been ended after four hours. She said six demonstrators had been detained and the convoy resumed its journey without further disturbances. The train carrying three containers will collect further nuclear waste at the Brokdorf, Grohnde and Neckarwestheim power plants before crossing into France. From there the material will be taken to Britain. In recent years, tens of thousands of German anti-nuclear activists have tried to stop a number of transports of nuclear waste heading to reprocessing plants in France and Britain as well as thwart the return of the reprocessed fuel rods.
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