Germany studies building a permanent waste storage area

On April 9, Germany announced to begin work on building a permanent radioactive waste storage area, one of the issues that has been controversial in the government for three decades.

Under the plan, the German Government will set up a committee of scientific experts at the end of 2015 and can complete the study of a suitable underground area by the end of 2015.

The project, which is expected to be built in 2040, can safely buried radioactive waste from all German nuclear power plants.

However, the biggest controversy is still the position to hold thousands of tons of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants for decades.

Germany currently has only one temporary radioactive waste storage area in Gorleben in the Lower Saxony state in the north of the country and since the 1980s, the region has seen frequent protests to prevent shipping. radioactive waste from many places come here.

Earlier, German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier submitted a proposal, approved by the leaders of the major political parties in parliament and the government, which initiated the study of waste storage location. radioactivity and plans to set up a committee of 24 experts to implement government plans.

The committee will include many components from scientists, anti-nuclear activists, union representatives to parliamentarians.

The German Ministry of the Environment estimates the cost of the project research will cost about 2 billion euros ($ 2.6 billion).