Another 600 tons of uranium waste were sent to Russia from Germany

On June 23, a new composition with radioactive waste to Russia went to Russia from the German uranium plant in Gronu on June 23. 12 wagons (600 tons of cargo) will be transported to the Sverdlovsk region, the organization "Eco -Protection" said .

Some of the waste containers went to Amsterdam in two trucks. In Amsterdam, the cargo will be loaded by the ship "Mikhail Dudin", which will deliver him to the port of Ust-Luga near St. Petersburg. This can happen in early July.

This is the fifth batch of dumpy hexaftoride uranium, which is being taken to Russia from Germany. From the port "Ust-Luga" "uranium tails" by rail will be sent to the training grounds of the State Corporation "Rosatom" in the Sverdlovsk region. Rosatom assures that the “tails” in Russia will process and the company will sell Uran-235 back to Germany, and the Russian state corporation wants to use the residues as fuel in fast neutron reactors, which have not yet been built. According to Eco -Protection, in 2020, the amount of waste sent from Gronu exceeded 3 thousand tons.

“Eco -Protection” turned to the Minister of Ecology of Germany Svulce with a demand to stop transporting goods that pose a danger to people and the environment. On June 15, 47 public organizations and deputies of regional and municipal parliaments from Russia, Germany and Holland turned to the heads of Germany and Russia with a request to stop transporting radioactive waste to Russia. At the same time, it became known that under the new license, the export of uranium waste from Europe is allowed until 2023. Greenpeace of Russia continues to collect signatures under the petition to stop the import of waste to Russia, which has already been signed by more than 70,000 Russians.

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