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In 1997 and 1998 Germany shipped twelve casks of high-level atomic waste from the southern part of the country to "interim" storage sites at Gorleben and Ahaus, in northern Germany. The accompanying protests brought out the largest police presence in the country since World War II, temporarily ended waste shipments, and helped usher in a new Social Democrat/Green government that has since reached an agreement for a firm end date for the use of nuclear power in Germany. Below are first-hand accounts of the protests, with photos, by NIRS' executive director Michael Mariotte. Unfortunately, waste shipments to Gorleben have resumed, and in November 2002, the largest such shipment anywhere (12 casks of high-level radioactive waste) took place.

GERMAN WASTE TRANSPORTS IN GORLEBEN NOVEMBER 11-13, 2002
Read Castor Diary here. #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, Shipment itself, Aftermath
Glossary of terms, including organizations
Background information from German movement (in English)

Ahaus, April 1998. It Takes a Police State to Move a Radioactive Waste Cask
Gorleben, March 1997. 6 casks, 173 Injured, 500 arrested, 20,000 protestors, 30,000 police, $100 million. What Price the Atomic State? The Siege of Gorleben.