Ultimate waste disposal
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Maintenance-free, chronologically unlimited and safe
elimination of radioactive waste without intended recuperation. In Germany
the storage of radioactive waste in deep geological formations is considered
the best solution. The following repositories are under examination
or being operated in Germany:
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Procedures and techniques for ultimate radioactive
waste disposal were developed and tested in the disused former salt
mine Asse near Wolfenbüttel and low
and medium active waste was stored there until 1978.
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Suitability examinations and licensing procedures
for the Konrad pit have been under way since 1975. Here, the ultimate
disposal of waste with a negligible thermal effect on the surrounding
rock is planned. The reconnaissance work for the Konrad pit has
been completed. On 31st Aug. 1982, application for initiation of
the procedure for official approval of the plan for ultimate waste
disposal was filed. On June 5, 2002, the licence for the emplacement
of a waste package volume of 300.000 m3 of radioactive waste with
negligible heat generation was issued. Since the application for
immediate execution was withdrawn by the applicant (the Federal
Office for Radiation Protection) in July 2000, claims against this
licence have a prolonging effect. For that reason it will not be
possible to convert the present mine into a repository and emplace
any waste before a final decision of the court has been issued.
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The Gorleben salt dome has been investigated for
its suitability as a repository for all types of solid radioactive
waste, i.e. also heat-generating waste, since 1979. A final suitability
statement for the Gorleben salt dome will be possible only after
the underground reconnaissance. The evaluation of all reconnaissance
results to date confirms its suitability. In the opinion of the
Federal Government, there are doubts concerning the suitability
of the salt dome. Therefore, the investigation was suspended.
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The storage of radioactive waste in the ERAM repository
near Morsleben in Saxony-Anhalt was terminated in 1999. At present,
about 35,000 cubic meters of low and medium active waste is stored
in the Morsleben repository. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection
is initiating a procedure for official approval of a plan to shut
down the repository.
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