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First nuclear waste transport from Jülich to Ahaus underway
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The first transport of highly radioactive nuclear waste from Jülich to the interim storage facility in Ahaus began on Tuesday evening. A heavy goods vehicle carrying a Castor container is escorted by around 2,400 police officers. Motorway sections in North Rhine-Westphalia are temporarily closed.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings unveiled a new robot arm on Wednesday for the project to remove nuclear fuel debris from its tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The 22-meter-long arm can grab debris from a wider area than the previously used fishing rod-like devices. Tepco plans to begin setting it up next month and start the third trial at the No. 2 reactor this autumn.