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"Germany’s ongoing hunt for a final repository for highly radioactive nuclear
waste could last until the 2070s, a report has warned.
The report by the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut), which was
commissioned by the country’s Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste
Management (BASE), said a decision on a location can be expected in 2074 at the
earliest under ideal conditions, reports Zeit Online.
This would be more than 40 years later than the original 2031 target, which the
government already gave up almost two years ago. The environment ministry said
the report did not take into consideration significant progress in efforts to
shorten the search, for example by saving time on long exploration periods.
The ministry declared in November 2022 that the search won’t be completed in
2031, following a paper by the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal
(BGE) that estimated the search could take until 2046 or, in another scenario,
until 2068.
The next step will be for the BGE to propose shortlisted siting regions at the
end of 2027, the ministry said. “This is the right time to discuss and regulate
further acceleration in a transparent manner. A great deal of time can be
saved, particularly in the surface and underground exploration,” it added.
But Journalist Bernward Janzing wrote in a commentary it was questionable how
much the “scientifically well designed” process can be accelerated without
compromising high safety standards."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
