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* the next [[Castor]] transports to [[Gorleben]] (D) are supposed to take place in 2014 and 2015:
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* the next [[Castor]] transports to [[Gorleben]] (D) are supposed to take place in 2015:
 
** high level radioactive waste from the plutonium factory (so-called "reprocessing unit") in Sellafield (UK) in 21 Castor casks<ref>http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/heide/castortransport/castor1749.html as at December 8, 2011</ref> in 4 shipments starting 2015<ref>source: presentation of ''AG Schacht Konrad'' at Nuclear Waste Conference in Kassel (D) on February 2, 2013</ref> (earlier information: 2014<ref name="atomforum">Accoring to a booklet of ''Deutsches Atomforum'', the lobby organization of the German nuclear industry: "Die Rücknahme von Wiederaufarbeitungsabfällen aus Frankreich und Großbritannien. Transport und Zwischenlagerung von Glaskokillen" as at January 19, 2012</ref>) until 2017<ref name="neumann" />
 
** high level radioactive waste from the plutonium factory (so-called "reprocessing unit") in Sellafield (UK) in 21 Castor casks<ref>http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/heide/castortransport/castor1749.html as at December 8, 2011</ref> in 4 shipments starting 2015<ref>source: presentation of ''AG Schacht Konrad'' at Nuclear Waste Conference in Kassel (D) on February 2, 2013</ref> (earlier information: 2014<ref name="atomforum">Accoring to a booklet of ''Deutsches Atomforum'', the lobby organization of the German nuclear industry: "Die Rücknahme von Wiederaufarbeitungsabfällen aus Frankreich und Großbritannien. Transport und Zwischenlagerung von Glaskokillen" as at January 19, 2012</ref>) until 2017<ref name="neumann" />
 
*** latest information: transport supposed to be split into 3 shipments of 7 containers each starting in 2015<ref>press release: Castoren sollen ab 2015 wieder rollen, BI Lüchow-Dannenberg, email as of March 14, 2013</ref>
 
*** latest information: transport supposed to be split into 3 shipments of 7 containers each starting in 2015<ref>press release: Castoren sollen ab 2015 wieder rollen, BI Lüchow-Dannenberg, email as of March 14, 2013</ref>

Revision as of 17:06, 23 January 2014

  • the next Castor transports to Gorleben (D) are supposed to take place in 2015:
    • high level radioactive waste from the plutonium factory (so-called "reprocessing unit") in Sellafield (UK) in 21 Castor casks[1] in 4 shipments starting 2015[2] (earlier information: 2014[3]) until 2017[4]
      • latest information: transport supposed to be split into 3 shipments of 7 containers each starting in 2015[5]
    • intermediate level radioactive waste (MAW) in 5 (formerly announced: 11) CASTOR HAW28M casks in 2 shipments from the plutonium factory (so-called "reprocessing unit") in La Hague (F) expected in 2014[3], but by 2015[4]
  • see also: Castor resistance 2011, 2010 and 2008 and a short history of the Castor transports to Gorleben on this website


  1. http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/heide/castortransport/castor1749.html as at December 8, 2011
  2. source: presentation of AG Schacht Konrad at Nuclear Waste Conference in Kassel (D) on February 2, 2013
  3. 3.0 3.1 Accoring to a booklet of Deutsches Atomforum, the lobby organization of the German nuclear industry: "Die Rücknahme von Wiederaufarbeitungsabfällen aus Frankreich und Großbritannien. Transport und Zwischenlagerung von Glaskokillen" as at January 19, 2012
  4. 4.0 4.1 lecture by Wolfgang Neumann at Atommüllkonferenz in Hannover, June 23, 2012
  5. press release: Castoren sollen ab 2015 wieder rollen, BI Lüchow-Dannenberg, email as of March 14, 2013