French riot police battle protesters over nuclear train. 23 November 2011Last updated at 18:06 Nuclear protesters and police clash in north-western France Riot police in north-western France have made 12 arrests while battling protesters trying to stop a trainload of nuclear waste bound for Germany.
They sprayed tear gas and wielded truncheons at protesters in gas masks, who had tried to block railway tracks near Valognes with debris. A mobile police canteen was set on fire and at least three people were hurt. The shipment from the French nuclear giant Areva's reprocessing plant at La Hague is the last planned to Germany. French police detain anti-nuke activists. French police detain anti-nuke activists Anti-nuclear demonstrators protest against a planned castor container transport of nuclear waste, on November 23, 2011.
At least five people have been arrested as French police clashed with anti-nuclear protesters, who were trying to stop a train carrying recycled uranium to Germany, Press TV reports. Several hundred protesters had conveyed in northwestern France to prevent the shipment of nuclear waste that was treated at an Areva plant in Normandy and it was bound for Germany on Wednesday, Press TV correspondent reported. Police sprayed tear gas and wielded batons at protesters in gas masks, who had tried to block railway tracks near Valognes with debris. Areva NC - Wiki. Areva NC, formerly Cogema (Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires) is a French company, created in 1976 from the production division of the French government's CEA (English: Atomic Energy Commission.)
It is an industrial group active in all stages of the uranium fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion, enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing, and recycling.[1][2] In 2001, Cogema was merged with Framatome and CEA Industrie to form the larger group Areva; the subsidiary's name was changed to Areva NC in March 2006.[3][4] Operations[edit] Areva NC is based in France and with its subsidiaries has a presence in more than 30 countries. The French Nuclear Safety Authority - French Nuclear Safety Authority.