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Seven Castor Waste Containers Convoy Heads to Brokdorf Amid Protests

6/18/2026

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A convoy began transporting seven Castor containers of radioactive waste from Elbehafen port to the Brokdorf nuclear plant on June 16, 2026.
The containers hold spent fuel rods processed at Sellafield in Cumbria, United Kingdom.
Germany must repatriate the material under international treaties, following a 2024 delivery from France.
Anti-nuclear group Stop Castor says demonstrators will wait outside Brokdorf and warns the route could make the convoy a terrorist target.

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A convoy began transporting seven Castor containers of radioactive waste from Elbehafen port to the Brokdorf nuclear plant on June 16, 2026.
The containers hold spent fuel rods processed at Sellafield in Cumbria, United Kingdom.
Germany must repatriate the material under international treaties, following a 2024 delivery from France.
Anti-nuclear group Stop Castor says demonstrators will wait outside Brokdorf and warns the route could make the convoy a terrorist target.