Nuclear camp near Waldshut: Swiss plan causes excitement!

Nuclear camp near Waldshut: Swiss plan causes excitement!

In a explosive information evening in Waldshut, around 300 citizens from the region learned that a geological depth camp for nuclear waste is planned just a few kilometers from the German border. The event took place on Monday and brought together representatives of the Swiss National Cooperative for Nuclear Waste (Nagra) with concerned residents, in particular from the Hohentengen community, which is only about three kilometers from the planned location "North Lägern" in the canton of Zurich. The location had been considered inadequate a few years ago, but now it was declared as the safest for the long -term storage of radioactive waste, which surprised many Germans because the original planning preferred other locations. According to nagra were not a political but purely geological reasons for the location.

scope and decision -making processes

The Nagra has now submitted an extensive framework approval application that comprises 30,000 pages and deals with the safety -relevant aspects and the transport routes to the repository. According to calculations, around 83,000 cubic meters of radioactive waste will occur in Switzerland by 2075, which corresponds to the size of around 33 Olympic swimming pools. German experts consider the NAGRA arguments to be plausible and thus support the perspective that the camp in "north lusters" meets the long-term highest security standards. A public debate and a referendum on the project are planned from 2031, while the final decision on the application is expected to be made by 2029 href = "https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/badenwuerttemberg/swr-waldshut-behoerden-informieren-ueber-dommuellendlager-der-schweiz-100.html"> Tagesschau reported.