| ▲ | kleiba2 2 days ago | |||||||||||||
Unlike the states, Germany is densely populated and does not have vast uninhabited areas. Where do you suggest should they store their nuclear waste? Germany has been looking for an appropriate place for the last 50(!) years and does not expect to come to a conclusion any time soon: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-scrap-deadline-... In the mean time, they're keeping they're using the sites of their former nuclear power plants as temporary storage locations for the nuclear waste produced while the plants were still running. https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/What-now-for-Germany-s-re... On top of all that, there's new challenges like this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/urban-infrastructure/energy-infras... | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | account42 2 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||
Nuclear waste is a complete non-issue. The area you need to store it is tiny and you do not at all need vast uninhabited areas for it. | ||||||||||||||
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