Germany Draws up New Plan to Dispose of Nuclear Waste

摘要

Pausing only to get the okay from the cabinet, Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks gave a press conference to present the government's brand new plan for dealing with radioactive waste. The plan foresees two locations: one site for low- to medium-radioactive waste is already being converted -the Konrad Shaft, part of a disused iron ore mine near the town of Salzgitter in northern Germany. But the other location, for highly radioactive waste, has yet to be found.