Three sites eliminated as deep geological repositories for radioactive waste
Published: Monday, Jul 8th 2024, 11:00
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The Federal Department of the Environment is removing the three siting regions Jura-Südfuss , Südranden and Wellenberg from the sectoral plan for deep geological repositories. They were previously intended as reserve sites for the storage of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste.
The deletion makes it clear that there will be no further planning of deep geological repositories in these three areas in the cantons of Solothurn and Aargau as well as Schaffhausen and Nidwalden, according to a statement from the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) on Monday.
At the end of 2018, the Federal Council included the three sites as reserve options in the sectoral plan in the results report for stage 2 of the search for sites for deep geological repositories. The in-depth investigations in the current Stage 3 have significantly increased the level of knowledge.
This stage includes deep drilling, the preparation and review of general permit applications, the determination of sites and the granting of general permits.
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