Commission Calls for Tighter Monitoring of German Waste

摘要

The ESK said that "systematic and consistent monitoring concepts are missing in order to detect early signs of corrosion" on drums of such waste. ESK chairman Michael Sailer said, "In the interim storage of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste at nuclear power plants as well as at other locations, far too little attention has been paid to the problem of corrosion. ESK-prescribed guidelines calling for regular visual inspections of the waste packages are often not being carried out to the extent necessary."