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Asse nuclear dump contains explosives

Asse nuclear dump contains explosives The Local 26 Jun 09 CETOnline: The controversial salt-mine nuclear waste storage facility in Asse, Lower Saxony is not only crumbling but also contains unknown amounts of explosive, it has emerged………………………………The DDP report said an explosives storage chamber still containing a variety of dynamite-related substances, can be found near the area where the radioactive waste is being kept.

Files from the Research Centre for the Environment and Health (GSF), which used to run the storage facility, show that over the last few years a bog of radioactive salt water has built up by the entrance to the explosive chamber.

Asse nuclear dump contains explosives – The Local

June 26, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium