Re: Demonstrator died in protest against transport of nuclear waste

["jjcohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

I suppose the news media would consider this incident to be further

evidence of how dangerous nuclear waste can be.





----- Original Message -----

From: Franz Schönhofer <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>

To: 'RadSafe Listserver (E-mail)' <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 2:39 PM

Subject: Demonstrator died in protest against transport of nuclear waste





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> Franz Schoenhofer

> PhD, MR iR

> Habicherg. 31/7

> A-1160 Vienna

> AUSTRIA

> phone -43-0699-1168-1319

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> RADSAFErs,

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> I send an abstract about the news distributed by a trustworthy Austrian

> on-line newspaper ("Kurier") on an accident occurred during the

> demonstrations against a shipment of nuclear waste from France to

> Germany. Another very similar information has been distributed by a

> second trustworthy paper (Die Presse).

>

>

> According to informations of police on Sunday (Nov.7) a young man has

> died during protests against the transport of "Castor" containers with

> nuclear waste from the Cogema company in Normandy to the intermediate

> storage site of Gorleben (in Germany). The demonstrator had chained

> himself to the railway tracks close to Nancy (France). Before the

> incident a man and a woman had chained themselves to the tracks, the

> train was delayed for two hours until the police had broken the chains.

> Altogether about a dozen anti-nuclear demonstrators had been at the

> site. The train was not able to stop in time and both his legs were cut

> off by the train. Despite desperate attempts of the accompanying first

> responders his life could not be saved.

>

>

> ANY COMMENTS????

>

> Franz

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