Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Nuclear-Waste-Blockade-in-Cherbourg-27MZIFL1H26O.htmlConceptually similarNuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YMBCompleted★★★★Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YMCCompleted★★★★Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YM1Completed★★★★Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YM2Completed★★★★Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YMFCompleted★★★★Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YMACompleted★★★★Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YMDCompleted★★★★Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YLZCompleted★★★★★★Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGP01YM3Completed★★★★View AllGP01YM9Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgPolice officers surround a train which is transporting nuclear waste to Cherbourg nuclear reprocessing plant. The shipment is due to be loaded onto the transport ship Kapitan Kuroptev with the destination of Russia. Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the railway, and blocked the route with a truck, calling for a moratorium on the export of nuclear waste.Locations:Cherbourg-FranceDate:24 Jan, 2010Credit:© Pierre Gleizes / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3480px X 2315pxKeywords:Access blockade actions-Areva-Chaining actions-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear power stations-Nuclear waste-Nuclear waste transports-Outdoors-Police-Police force-Protective clothing-Railways-Small group of people-Trains-UniformsShoot:Nuclear Waste Blockade in CherbourgGreenpeace activists block a train transporting nuclear waste to Cherbourg nuclear reprocessing plant. The shipment is due to be loaded onto the transport ship Kapitan Kuroptev with the destination of Russia. The activists chain themselves to the railway, at two locations en route to the fuel reprocessing facility. Another team of Greenpeace activists place a truck on the rails in the centre of Cherbourg, which is painted with the message “La Russie N’est Pas Une Poubelle! (Russia is not a Nuclear Dumping Ground!)” Greenpeace is calling for a moratorium on the export of nuclear waste.