 Many clashes and obstructions made the journey the slowest one since the annual shipments of radioactive waste began in 1995.The shipment, the first since Japan's Fukishima nuclear disaster, faced large protests in France where activists damaged the train tracks.Thousands of people in Germany also interrupted the train's journey, forcing it to proceed at a snail's pace, covering 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) in 109 hours.