Nuclear waste reaches German site
A controversial shipment of nuclear waste has arrived at Germany’s Gorleben storage site after a journey marred by the death of a French environmentalist. Thousands of protesters along the route forced the rail convoy of 12 containers to stop repeatedly before arriving at the site early on Tuesday. The shipment of spent fuel rods left La Hague reprocessing plant in Valognes, northwestern France, on Saturday. A protester died after being hit by the train in eastern France.Full Story