Third nuclear waste shipment arrives in Germany's Ahaus

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2026-05-06

Berlin (dpa) - A third shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste has arrived at an interim storage facility in Ahaus in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia without incident, police said early on Wednesday. The Castor container was transported about 170 kilometres from the western city of Jülich to Ahaus in the Münsterland region, reaching the site early in the morning, police said in a statement. The convoy had left Jülich on Tuesday ev......

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