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Poster of the exhibition: "After Nuclear Power - Conversions of the Nuclear Age" Source: BASE

nuclear safety Exhibition: "After Nuclear Power - Conversions of the Nuclear Age"

more2022.12.15
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Nuclear phase-out - nuclear safety challenges remain

Today, the German Bundestag approved the Federal Government's draft bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act. In doing so, the Bundestag decided that the last three nuclear power plants still in operation in Germany will be shut down by 15 April 2023 at the latest. Yet, there is a long way to go before the nuclear phase-out is complete. Many nuclear safety challenges remain.

more2022.11.11
Switzerland's national borders in the colours of the Swiss flag

Information event on Swiss repository - BASE coordinates cross-border participation

On the occasion of the site announcement for the Swiss repository, the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) will host a public information event at 7pm on Thursday, 22 September. The Swiss Federal Office of Energy and Nagra will explain the reasons for selecting the Nördlich Lägern site, and answer questions from the public at Waldshut town hall.

more2022.09.19
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Switzerland proposes nuclear repository near German border

Switzerland's National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) has proposed a repository site in Nördlich Lägern, north of Zurich. The municipality of Hohentengen am Hochrhein in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg is located only a few kilometres to the northwest of the site. The planned repository is meant to accommodate all of Switzerland's radioactive waste.

more2022.09.11
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Site selection procedure Final repository in Finland: German population can give their view

Finland plans to put its final repository for high-level radioactive waste into trial operation next year - the German population can also comment on this. There is currently an opportunity to submit comments on the Finnish application for an operating licence. The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management will collect the German submissions until 9 September 2022.

more2022.08.15

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