Where Should Germany Store Its Nuclear Waste?

Submitted 8 months ago by Toby Shuster
Where Should Germany Store Its Nuclear Waste?
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With 126,000 barrels of radioactive waste -- some of which are leaking -- the Asse nuclear waste dump is the most contaminated legacy of Germany’s nuclear power industry. Wolfram König, environment minister, is the official crisis manager in a scandal surrounding the Asse, as the issue threatens to derail the CDU’s plans to postpone Germany's nuclear phaseout.

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