https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany has decided to start a fresh search for a radioactive waste depot site in the country, delaying for years a tough decision on an issue that has long divided the nation. https://www.thelocal.de/20130410/49035 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0200 49035 Chancellor Angela Merkel has denied neglecting safety concerns during her involvement with the controversial nuclear waste storage site at Gorleben. https://www.thelocal.de/20120927/45227 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:30:00 +0200 45227 Since radioactive waste started being transported to a nuclear waste facility in Lower Saxony, fewer girls have been born in the region – a phenomenon eerily similar to what happened after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists said. https://www.thelocal.de/20120428/42225 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:12:00 +0200 42225 The nuclear waste convoy which has spent the last few days making its way from France to Germany reached its destination on Monday night, leaving around 100 police officers and more than 350 protesters injured. https://www.thelocal.de/20111129/39175 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:01:00 +0100 39175 The train taking radioactive waste from a French reprocessing centre to storage in northern Germany completed the rail stage of its journey early on Monday morning, after days of fierce protests. https://www.thelocal.de/20111128/39153 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:38:00 +0100 39153 Trains are running once again between Berlin and Hamburg after workers cleared the rail lines Saturday evening following a suspected arsonist fire on the tracks. https://www.thelocal.de/20111127/39143 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:04:00 +0100 39143 Police early Sunday began to clear thousands of anti-nuclear protestors from railroad tracks to allow the passage of a train carrying radioactive waste from France for to a storage facility in Lower Saxony. https://www.thelocal.de/20111127/39137 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:09:00 +0100 39137 Thousands of anti-nuclear protestors were awaiting the arrival of a train carrying radioactive nuclear waste from France to its destination in northern Germany Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20111126/39133 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:18:00 +0100 39133 The police will deploy 19,000 officers to secure a shipment of German atomic waste from France to Lower Saxony next week amid expectations of huge anti-nuclear protests. https://www.thelocal.de/20111117/38921 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:29:00 +0100 38921 Five weeks after massive protests stalled the delivery of radioactive waste from France to Germany’s controversial Gorleben facility, another convoy began a similar trip on Wednesday. It is expected to cross the border sometime after noon. https://www.thelocal.de/20101215/31819 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:55:00 +0100 31819 In the wake of reports that the community around the Asse atomic waste dump in Lower Saxony has suffered a rise in cancer cases, authorities insisted Friday the illnesses were not caused by nuclear contamination. https://www.thelocal.de/20101126/31431 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:38:00 +0100 31431 A row has broken out over the use of French police officers in Germany during last week’s demonstrations against the nuclear waste transport to Gorleben. Meanwhile northern ports cities could refuse to let new waste transports through. https://www.thelocal.de/20101113/31147 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:25:00 +0100 31147 Germany must search for alternative storage facilities for nuclear waste in the event that the site at Gorleben is deemed unsafe, Hesse's state premier Volker Bouffier said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20101112/31121 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:33:00 +0100 31121 German police and protesters geared up Monday for the final journey of a shipment of 123 tonnes of nuclear waste that drew a wave of angry protests during its much-delayed trip from France. https://www.thelocal.de/20101108/31045 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:07:00 +0100 31045 A train carrying over 100 tonnes of nuclear waste completed its journey to Germany, setting up a final showdown between police and protestors Monday before the dangerous cargo is deposited underground. https://www.thelocal.de/20101108/31023 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:33:00 +0100 31023 Police clashed Sunday with activists trying to halt a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany as protests against the shipment turned increasingly violent. https://www.thelocal.de/20101107/31015 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:05:00 +0100 31015 Anti-nuclear protestors chained themselves to train tracks in France on Friday, blocking a nuclear waste delivery billed by opponents as the “most radioactive in history” on its way to Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20101105/30995 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:40:00 +0100 30995 Over a hundred anti-nuclear power demonstrations are expected to take place throughout Germany on Saturday, mostly directed at the transport of radioactive waste to the controversial storage site near Gorleben. https://www.thelocal.de/20101023/30705 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:42:00 +0200 30705 Police are expecting massive demonstrations and riots next month when a transport of 11 containers of highly-radioactive waste is due to be brought from France to Gorleben, Lower Saxony. https://www.thelocal.de/20101016/30537 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:25:00 +0200 30537 The former geological surveyor for the controversial nuclear waste depot Gorleben warned Wednesday that there could be dangerous gas deposits lurking beneath the old salt dome caverns. https://www.thelocal.de/20100915/29845 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:28:00 +0200 29845