Nuclear protest at Berlin rail office

BERLIN, Germany -- Windows have been smashed at Germany railway offices in an apparent protest against planned shipments of nuclear waste, police say.

Smoke bombs and other objects were hurled at the Berlin headquarters of Deutsche Bahn early on Wednesday morning and the slogan "No Castor," a reference to the nuclear transports, was daubed on a wall.

Waste from German nuclear power plants is due to be sent next week on Castor rail wagons back from France's La Hague reprocessing plant for storage at Gorleben.

Such shipments had been suspended for about three years because of safety concerns.

Police expect thousands of demonstrators to try to block the shipments. Vandals have attacked railway property in protests several times this month.

A train was damaged after a metal hook was placed over an overhead line near Frankfurt on Tuesday.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Deutsche Bahn (in German)

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