Protest held against plan to build nuclear waste disposal site in Šumava

Around 300 people took part in a demonstration on Saturday against plans to build a nuclear waste disposal site in the Šumava region of south Bohemia. Protestors from 19 municipalities in the foothills of the Šumava Mountains marched for 10 kilometres along the boundary of a 300-hectare site where the dump may be built. Under a long-term state energy plan, a list of potential locations in Šumava is to be shortened to two in 2015, with one being selected a decade later. Opponents say such a repository would devastate a large area.

Author: Ian Willoughby