German nuke waste convoy arrives after mass protests

 

Police watch as anti-nuclear protesters set a fire before the Castor transport of nuclear waste makes its way on the road to Gorleben, northern Germany, yesterday.Picture: AFP
Accompanied by swarms of riot police and dozens of armoured police cars, the convoy of 11 white containers on lorries crawled slowly into its storage site at Gorleben, northern Germany, after a 20-kilometre (12-mile) road trip.