Overview

• Attendance estimates diverged, with the prefecture citing about 700 participants and organizers reporting roughly 1,600 to 2,000 people.
• The prefect approved a seven‑kilometre route and set exclusion zones near Andra’s site, with helicopter surveillance and a pre‑event order restricting certain transports and face‑covering items.
• Roughly 200 black‑clad militants split from the main march, some threw projectiles, and gendarmes fired tear gas, with no arrests reported.
• The gendarmerie said controls uncovered dangerous items, sharing images of pepper spray and a Japanese sabre, and the interior minister condemned any use of weapons at protests.
• The Cigéo repository plans burial of high‑level waste from around 2050, Andra still seeks 13 hectares of surface land plus 65 hectares of subsoil, and activists at Luméville warn they could face eviction from October 11.