Conditioning and storage of radioactive waste. Potential savings and new processes

The agreement between power-plant operators and the Confederation in the dispute of the nuclear phase-out, which was formally concluded with the transfer 24.17 billion euros of the companies on 3 July 2017, brings to both sides the long-sight legal certainty. Costs of the storage of radioactive wastes resulting from the decomission of the last nuclear power plants, as well as the costs for the search, construction, and operation of a spent-fuel repository will in future be borne by a federal foundation. Reason enough to investigate theconsequences of the What are the risks of the nuclear phase-out and the associated treatments of large quantities of contaminated, not contaminated, and activated wastes by the operators and the federal government - and which countermeasures can be taken?