Arrival of the Castor transport: Highly radioactive waste reaches Philippsburg
Arrival of the Castor transport: Highly radioactive waste reaches Philippsburg
The Saarland region is currently in the news because transportation with highly radioactive waste is rolling through the area. The opponents of nuclear power await the arrival of this Castor transport in Philippsburg, where the waste is to be disposed of. The train with four Castor containers set off from La Hague in France on Tuesday afternoon and has been on its route through Germany since then.According to reports from the Saarland Radio and the Saarbrücker Zeitung, the transport crossed the border near Forbach/Saarbrücken on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. In the afternoon he arrived in Neunkirchen , where forces of the federal police were initially responsible for protecting the transport. It is reported that the French locomotive has been decoupled and replaced by a German locomotive to continue transport safely. However, the security authorities reserve with detailed information about the course and the accompaniment of the transport.
The main purpose of the transport
The Castor transport deals with waste caused by the reworking of fuel elements from German nuclear power plants. These waste has been stored on the site of the nuclear power plant in Philippsburg, which has now been disused. There are already 102 occupied places and only the four containers that are currently on the way are currently to be added.
The situation is explosive because the transport leads through different regions and the safety precautions are high. It remains to be seen how the arrival in Philippsburg will run and what other measures the authorities will take to ensure security during the entire process. Rel = "Nofollow noopener noreferer"> This also reported the source www.sol.de .
The reserved information on the part of the authorities show that transport is taken seriously. It is a memory that dealing with radioactive waste requires serious and preventive measures to ensure the safety of the population.
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