84:
time to stop. In addition, Briat did not wait for the train to stop before chaining himself to the track. Finally, Briat did not have other protesters stationed further down the tracks to alert the conductor with smoke signals. More experienced protesters normally take safety precautions to avoid these mistakes. "
68:
for storage. Germany has an agreement with France which allows
Germany to send its nuclear waste to France for reprocessing, as long as Germany takes it back afterward for storage. Briat was one of at least 4,500 people who attended the protest, which the New York Times said was "prompted by concerns
83:
Afterwards, it was reported that Briat had violated a number of key safety rules that protesters normally followed. It was reported among others that "Briat had chained himself shortly after a curve in the track, behind a hill, near a forest, which made it impossible for the conductor to see him in
53:. Briat was 21 years old at the time. A local Green leader highlighted the wider significance of the incident as an illustration of the protestors' security and safety concerns relating to the transport: "A train could hit something at any moment, and there's nothing that the
80:, was not able to stop the train in time to prevent it from hitting him. Briat's leg was severed by the train. As he did not die immediately, paramedics started to take him to the hospital, but he died before reaching the hospital.
190:
200:
101:
96:
46:
159:
76:, Briat was "surprised by the train." The train's conductor hit the brakes as soon as he saw Briat, but because of
50:
195:
123:
61:
41:
who gained international media attention in 2004 when he was struck and killed by a train carrying
87:
After Briat's death, anti-nuclear activists canceled similar protests along the same train route.
73:
60:
The train was carrying 12 containers of waste from German nuclear power plants, which had been
65:
135:
184:
171:
42:
38:
34:
147:
17:
57:
nor the organisations which are meant to provide security can do about it."
49:, after preparing to chain himself to the tracks while participating in a
77:
54:
119:
117:
69:about the safety of the nuclear material."
8:
172:Protester Chains Self to Track, Hit by Train
162:, The New York Times, November 8, 2004.
113:
27:French anti-nuclear activist (d. 2004)
7:
160:Train Kills French Nuclear Protester
191:French anti–nuclear power activists
124:Fatality fuels anti-nuclear protest
25:
148:Protester dies under atomic train
126:, The Guardian, November 10, 2004
136:Texte de ses compagnons de route
102:Anti-nuclear movement in Germany
97:Anti-nuclear movement in France
201:People from Meuse (department)
64:in France, and was heading to
1:
174:, Fox News, November 07, 2004
51:protest against nuclear power
217:
150:, BBC, November 7, 2004
74:The New York Times
66:Gorleben, Germany
47:Avricourt, France
16:(Redirected from
208:
175:
169:
163:
157:
151:
145:
139:
133:
127:
121:
21:
216:
215:
211:
210:
209:
207:
206:
205:
181:
180:
179:
178:
170:
166:
158:
154:
146:
142:
134:
130:
122:
115:
110:
93:
31:Sébastien Briat
28:
23:
22:
18:Sébastien Briat
15:
12:
11:
5:
214:
212:
204:
203:
198:
193:
183:
182:
177:
176:
164:
152:
140:
128:
112:
111:
109:
106:
105:
104:
99:
92:
89:
37:activist from
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
213:
202:
199:
197:
194:
192:
189:
188:
186:
173:
168:
165:
161:
156:
153:
149:
144:
141:
137:
132:
129:
125:
120:
118:
114:
107:
103:
100:
98:
95:
94:
90:
88:
85:
81:
79:
75:
72:According to
70:
67:
63:
58:
56:
52:
48:
44:
43:nuclear waste
40:
39:Meuse, France
36:
32:
19:
167:
155:
143:
131:
86:
82:
71:
59:
35:anti-nuclear
30:
29:
196:2004 deaths
138:, Rebellyon
62:reprocessed
185:Categories
108:References
91:See also
78:momentum
33:was an
45:near
55:SNCF
187::
116:^
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.