Brine flows into German nuclear dump mine
Diet Simon 24.06.2008 06:52 Themen : Atom Globalisierung Weltweit Ökologie
Nuclear worries increase as German dump mine floods
An old potash mine in north Germany containing nuclear waste is flooding at a rate of 12 cubic metres a day and throwing up all sorts of questions about safe keeping of nuclear leftovers for a million years.
The design for nuclear waste storage in the now flooding Asse II potash mine near Wolfenbüttel, about 80 kms (...)