Germany saw another day of mass civil disobedience on Monday as anti-nuclear activists attempted to block a rail shipment of nuclear waste. Thousands of activists sat down on the train tracks. Some chained themselves to the tracks while others lowered themselves from bridges on ropes. After the waste was transferred to a group of trucks, Greenpeace activists used a vehicle concealed as a beer truck to block the semi trucks from delivering their nuclear cargo to its final destination, an abandoned salt mine. When the nuclear waste finally arrived at its destination, the project was 92 hours behind schedule due to the protests.

Tobias Riedl, Greenpeace activist: “The Greenpeace activists are demonstrating against the irresponsible nuclear policy of Chancellor Angela Merkel. The extension of the lifespan of nuclear plants will mean almost 5,000 tons of nuclear waste for us for which there is absolutely no solution.”