"There are still at least another 60 years ahead of us, which we will need for the dismantling and the long-term safe storage of the remnants," said Wolfram Koenig, head of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear
Waste Management.
" Now Germany must work out what do with the deadly, high-level radioactive waste, which can remain dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years.
Currently, the nuclear waste is kept in interim storage next to the nuclear plants being decommissioned. But the search is on to find a permanent location where the waste can be stored safely for a million years.
The site needs to be deep – hundreds of meters underground. Only certain types of rock will do: Crystalline granite, rock salt or clay rock. It must be geologically stable with no risks of earthquakes or signs of underground rivers.
The process is likely to be fraught, complex and breathtakingly long – potentially lasting more than 100 years. "
You're downvoted, but I understand this was almost certainly true. There were high level officials in the German government that were leveraged by Russian gas companies, and this was widely reported on.
Germany had a strong green movement, so you couldn't blame all of this on the Russians; but they had a fertile bed of irrational anti-nuclear sentiment upon which to sow their seeds.
On one side I'm happy that, in the other side I'm scared what could happen.
As we in Germany close the last plants, our neighborhood plan new nuclear power plants. So, in terms of safety, a lost game.
In terms of energy, I'm not sure if it's lost. We still can buy and import electric power offered by neighbour countries. But what if they fail to produce the amount needed for themselves, like in summer when cooling is difficult.. we then have gas. Gas is expensive.
The answer is: taxes. If you remove taxes from the kWh price, France and Germany arent that far apart. 90% of German electricity tax (Stromsteuer) go into the government pension system.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 34.5 ms ] thread" Now Germany must work out what do with the deadly, high-level radioactive waste, which can remain dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years.
Currently, the nuclear waste is kept in interim storage next to the nuclear plants being decommissioned. But the search is on to find a permanent location where the waste can be stored safely for a million years.
The site needs to be deep – hundreds of meters underground. Only certain types of rock will do: Crystalline granite, rock salt or clay rock. It must be geologically stable with no risks of earthquakes or signs of underground rivers.
The process is likely to be fraught, complex and breathtakingly long – potentially lasting more than 100 years. "
Germany had a strong green movement, so you couldn't blame all of this on the Russians; but they had a fertile bed of irrational anti-nuclear sentiment upon which to sow their seeds.
As we in Germany close the last plants, our neighborhood plan new nuclear power plants. So, in terms of safety, a lost game.
In terms of energy, I'm not sure if it's lost. We still can buy and import electric power offered by neighbour countries. But what if they fail to produce the amount needed for themselves, like in summer when cooling is difficult.. we then have gas. Gas is expensive.
idk how much worse it can get