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The World from Berlin: Nuclear Slop in Leaky Mine Washes over Berlin – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Nuclear Slop in Leaky Mine Washes over Berlin
SPIEGAL ONLINE 5 Sept 08 The nuclear waste scandal involving leaky drums of “radioactive liquor” at a storage facility in a German salt mine called Asse II keeps growing. Commentators see consequences not just for some federal politicians, but also for Germany’s ongoing nuclear debate.
It’s not enough that 130,000 barrels of radioactive waste are sitting rusted and leaking in a converted Lower Saxony salt mine. But it turns out that the severity of the problem, which this week has developed into a full-blown scandal, has long been known — and was overlooked by state environment ministers. As early as 2006, researchers mentioned “radioactive liquor” in a report on the Asse II salt mine to state officials, according to a regional newspaper called the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
The sorry condition of the storage site has become a political scandal in Berlin,

The World from Berlin: Nuclear Slop in Leaky Mine Washes over Berlin – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

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September 15, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment