Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg Falls Out of Repository Search!
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The search for a repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste in Germany becomes more concrete. The competent experts have further narrowed the appropriate areas. Five federal states are no longer part of the ongoing search.
The Hersfeld-Rotenburg district will play no further role in the search for a site for a repository for highly radioactive waste. As the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagung (BGE) announced in the current phase of the selection process, the previously identified sub-areas in the district are not among the so-called siting regions that are planned for the next stage of the investigations. Thus, the district will no longer be considered in the further…
This means that only about five per cent of the federal area is still eligible. Around 27 000 cubic metres of high radioactive waste are currently stored in underground intermediate camps. A final repository is to be found by 2050.
For radioactive nuclear waste, a permanent repository is being sought in Germany. Which federal states are no longer part of the ongoing site search.
Germany is looking for a repository for approximately 27,000 cubic metres of high radioactive waste. It is expected to last one million years. The responsible company has now further narrowed down the possible areas.
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