Police in riot gear face off with anti-nuclear protesters in a northern German town.<br/> They are angry that 150 tonnes of highly radioactive nuclear waste from France is being transported to a facility in Germany.<br/> Officers used water canon at one point to break up the crowds.<br/> This is the latest scuffle over the controversial waste disposal.<br/> Demonstrators also faced off in France to protest the use of nuclear power.<br/> The train, heading to the Lower Saxony state, is carrying the last of 12 shipments of treated nuclear waste between the two countries.<br/> Jessica Gray, Reuters