Technical fault halts German nuclear waste transport

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2026-07-23

Berlin (dpa) - The planned 10th shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste from a former German research reactor was cancelled after the specialist transport vehicle developed a technical fault, police said early on Thursday. The Castor container never left the secured grounds of the former Jülich research reactor in western Germany, police said. It had been due to travel around 170 kilometres to an interim storage facility in Ahaus. Police sai......

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