Video update of German protest against radioactive train transport

Tens of thousands are protesting most radioactive waste transport ever

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Saturday, November 6 against a shipment of nuclear waste travelling to a storage site in northern Germany, and some tried to block railway tracks in a protest fueled by a government move to extend the country's use of atomic energy, reports David Rising of the Canadian Press. Demonstrators turned fields outside the town of Dannenberg into a sea of yellow-and-red flags with the slogan "Nuclear Power — No, Thanks." Protesters estimated a final crowd of more than 40,000 peaceful demonstrators. The shipment of highly radioactive waste from the French reprocessing site in Normandy, traveled first by truck and then train across France and into Germany. Al Jazeera English also provides a report.



Doomed French reactor should be abandoned now, expert says

Even if it is propped up with extensive government subsidies or full cost-recovery from ratepayers, the "Evolutionary Power Reactor" (EPR) - which the French government-controlled utility, Electricite de France (EDF) plans to deliver for the troubled Calvert Cliffs-3 project and other sites in the United States - is "in crisis"  to such a severe extent that it is likely to be an economic failure, according to a new report by University of Greenwich Professor of Energy Studies Stephen Thomas. "From a business point of view, the right course for EDF and Areva seems clear. They must cut their losses and abandon the EPR now," Thomas concluded. (Photo: EPR the great bluff, by Greenpeace). Read the full report.

Vermont Yankee reactor rocked by election day results!

Less than two weeks after Vermont Yankee (VY) sprung yet another radioactive leak from aged, degraded systems, the headlines in the Brattleboro Reformer hold huge implications for the future -- or lack thereof -- of the highly controversial, nearly 40-year old reactor: "Dubie Concedes to Shumlin." Democrat Peter Shumlin, who led last February's 26 to 4 victory in the Vermont State Senate to block VY's 20 year license extension, defeated pro-nuclear Republican Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie in Vermont's gubernatorial race on Nov. 2nd. Another headline, "VY eminent domain issue gets nod," referred to the fact that Vermont Yankee, located in Vernon, even lost a referendum in its backyard when nearby Brattleboro voters approved a measure urging the state to study the potential to take over and shut down VY. Entergy Nuclear's response to all this bad news about VY's future prospects? "Entergy to put Vermont Yankee on market"!

Great new anti-nuclear signs!

At left, sign used by the Heinrich Boell Foundation at the Keep Fear Alive rally in DC on October 30. At right a sign used by Greenpeace Italy.

Update on November 3, 2010 by admin

Both these images can be reproduced AS IS without changes and used freely. Use of the Nuclear Emergency art (above right) must be accompanied by the following credit: Greenpeace: The Scream - Malgorzata Bedowska - Poland - Good50x70.

Update on November 19, 2010 by admin

Here's a video of I Have A Scream in action - the German Greens at the Stewart/Colbert DC rally.