Demo call against Gronau uranium enrichment
Diet Simon - 18.09.2004 01:21
More than 40 anti-nuclear, environment and other groups are calling for a demonstration on the 9th of October against the planned expansion of Germany�s only uranium enrichment plant at Gronau, near the Dutch border.
The organization demand that the North-Rhine Westphalian government reject the expansion application and immediate closure of the plant.
The activists stated at a meeting in M�nster that the demonstration is to be against all uses of atomic energy, civilian or military. They noted that �it�s only a small technical step� from enriching uranium to making atom bombs.
The initiatives claim that the operators of the Gronau plant, the German-Dutch-British Urenco GmbH, plan to expand uranium separation from 1,800 to 4,500 tonnes a year.
With that throughput Gronau could supply 35 atomic power stations around the world with fuel.
The initiatives say an �interim storage� for 60,000 tonnes of radioactive waste is also planned at Gronau.
The German source for this report is at  http://de.news.yahoo.com/040917/336/47mq9.html
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