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Activists block road to nuclear storage site in Gorleben

(27 Nov 2011) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of peaceful activists sitting on road 2. Close-up of two activists lying on the ground eating 3. Mid of activists blocking street 4. Wide of sit-in at entrance to Gorleben 5. Close-up of town sign "Gorleben" with traces of a paint bomb 6. Mid of activists sitting on hay bags 7. SOUNDBITE (German) Julia van Staden, activist, spokeswoman X-1000: "We are now here on the CASTOR route to the storage site in Gorleben, and we want to prevent it by sitting here, we want to block the CASTOR and to cause an earlier nuclear phase-out." 8. Close of hay bag on road, tilt up to activist 9. Mid of activist Nico Nordlohne, 32, from the Ruhr area, drying his shirt on a branch 10. SOUNDBITE (German) Nico Nordlohne, 32, activist: "I think the sit-in is the most non-violent form of blockade, and yes, I think it is going to be a success, definitely." 11. Mid of mounted police 12. Mid of police line 13. Wide of police blocking entrance of Gorleben 14. Close low angle shot of activist poster reading (German) "Nuclear Waste - A Deadly Risk" 15. Wide of sit-in STORYLINE Several hundred protesters on Sunday blocked the road leading to a nuclear storage site in the small German town of Gorleben. Police estimated 400 people took part in the peaceful sit-in on the road leading to Gorleben, while activists said about 1-thousand had gathered there. A train carrying the shipment of 11 containers of nuclear waste reprocessed at France's La Hague facility entered western Germany on Friday after delays in France, and was delayed by more protests and blockades on its way through Germany. The train had not yet left the train station in Lueneburg, but will head from there to Dannenberg, where the nuclear freight will be loaded on trucks to drive to its final destination in the storage site in Gorleben. "We are now here on the CASTOR route to the storage site in Gorleben, and we want to prevent it by sitting here, we want to block the CASTOR and to cause an earlier nuclear phase-out," activists spokeswoman Julia van Staden said. Protesters were lying on blankets and sitting on hay bags on the road. The shipment is expected to reach its destination with considerable delay later on Sunday or Monday. Some 20-thousand German police officers are on hand to secure the cargo. Nuclear energy has been unpopular in Germany since fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine drifted over the country. The annual shipment from France has been a traditional focal point for protesters. This is the first shipment, however, since Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to speed up shutting down all of Germany's nuclear plants, with the last one scheduled to go offline by 2022, following safety questions raised after the disaster at the Fukushima plant in Japan. Activists in Germany say the waste containers, and the temporary storage facility near Gorleben, are not safe. Germany has not yet decided where such waste, which remains radioactive for thousands of years, should be stored permanently. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...