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Germany’s Gorleben nuclear waste storage problem

Nuclear storage at Gorleben to stay temporary, until vote, Deutsche
Welle, 30 Nov 12
Germany’s environment minister has said exploration work on perhaps
turning Germany’s nuclear waste storage facility at Gorleben into a
permanent facility will be halted at least until next year’s federal
elections.
Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said on Friday that all
Nuclear storage at Gorleben to stay temporary, until vote, Deutsche
Welle, 30 Nov 12
Germany’s environment minister has said exploration work on perhaps
turning Germany’s nuclear waste storage facility at Gorleben into a
permanent facility will be halted at least until next year’s federal
elections.
Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said on Friday that all
exploratory and survey work at the Gorleben atomic waste storage
facility, being conducted with the view of making the temporary site
permanent, would stop until Germany goes to the polls next year.
Though there’s no fixed date yet, the federal election is likely to
take place in September. Altmaier also said he hoped the exploratory
work might remain frozen “beyond that point.”
Various German governments have sought to make Gorleben a permanent
nuclear waste storage facility since 1977, encountering considerable
public resistance along the way. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s
involvement in developing the site as environment minister in the
1990’s has also come under scrutiny.
Politicians recently agreed to start fresh talks, billed as a blank
canvas, with the idea of finding a permanent storage facility
somewhere else in Germany – rather than continuing to debate
Gorleben’s suitability specifically……
http://www.dw.de/nuclear-storage-at-gorleben-to-stay-temporary-until-vote/a-16421380

December 1, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized