Germany Begins Bid To Find Site For High-Level Waste Repository

Germany Begins Bid To Find Site For High-Level Waste Repository

Waste Management

18 Jul (NucNet): The German parliament has passed a law which begins the formal procedure for a site to be found for a national repository for the country’s high-level radioactive waste.

After approval by the Bundestag, the law also passed the Bundesrat, which represents Germany’s 16 federal states at national level.

The law creates a 33-member commission to develop “basic principles” for site selection such as safety and economic requirements as well as selection criteria for rock formations.

The commission will consist of a chairperson, eight representatives from the Bundestag, eight from the Bundesrat, eight from academia, as well as two representatives each from civil society organisations of religious communities, industry, the environment and the trade unions.

To ensure maximum transparency, their meetings will be open to the public.
http://www.nucnet.org/all-the-news/2013/07/18/germany-begins-bid-to-find-site-for-high-level-waste-repository