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Gorleben Mine Set for Salt Backfill: A New Chapter in Nuclear ...
2024-11-29 09:00:10

Gorleben Mine Set for Salt Backfill: A New Chapter in Nuclear Waste Management

The Gorleben salt dome, a contentious candidate for nuclear waste storage, will undergo backfilling with 400,000 tons of salt. This significant step, announced by Monika Hotopp from the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal, aims to restore public trust in the search for a long-term storage solution.

The process, expected to take several months, comes amid protests and strong opposition from environmental groups over the site’s previous use. Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke emphasized that future waste management must be guided by scientific criteria, shifting focus to deep geological formations.

With a deadline set for 2050, Germany seeks a secure repository for 27,000 cubic meters of highly radioactive waste, ensuring safety for up to a million years.

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gmx
28. November 2024 um 14:53

Gorleben Mine to Be Backfilled with Salt Again

Politics
Environment
Economy
The Gorleben salt dome, which has been controversial for decades as a potential site for a nuclear waste repository, will be backfilled again starting on Friday. According to Monika Hotopp from the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE), the process of removing 400,000 tons of salt from the site of the exploration mine will take several months. The mine was located in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district, where there were massive protests by the Citizens' Initiative for Environmental P..
gmx
29. November 2024 um 03:33

Lemke sees the backfilling of Gorleben as an important signal

Politics
Environment
Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke describes the backfilling of the mine in Gorleben as an important signal for the people on site who have long resisted the repository. The site was politically determined, not scientifically determined. The backfilling is intended to restore trust in the search for a repository.
DER SPIEGEL
29. November 2024 um 06:46

Nuclear Policy: Gorleben Salt Dome to be Backfilled - DER SPIEGEL

Politics
Environment
The Gorleben salt dome, long controversial as a candidate for a final repository, is now to be backfilled. Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke describes this as an important step, as the decision on Gorleben was not scientifically, but politically motivated and has destroyed the trust of the population. Since the first Castor transports, there have been massive protests against the storage of nuclear waste in Gorleben. The search for a suitable final repository for 27,000 cubic meters of..
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