Lubmin: New nuclear waste warehouse remains until 2100! Security in focus!

Lubmin: New nuclear waste warehouse remains until 2100! Security in focus!

Lubmin, Deutschland - The discussion about the disposal of nuclear waste in Germany takes on new dimensions, especially with regard to the Lubmin location. Katherina Reiche, the CDU's new ministerial energy minister, emphasizes that there will be no return to nuclear power and the exit from nuclear energy has been completed. The last nuclear waste is removed after 2100 at the earliest, as the waste disposal works for Nuclearlagen GmbH (EWN) expect in Lubmin.

in Lubmin, the location of the former nuclear power plant in Greifswald, three -digit million sums are invested in a new warehouse for castors with radioactive waste. The planned warehouse construction, called "Estral", is expected to be approved in 2026 and from 2030/2031 there will be a total of 74 Castor containers that are currently being stored in the North intermediate storage facility (ZLN). The existing location is no longer considered safe enough because the requirements for security after 2011 have been tightened.

developments and security checks

Currently, experts from the EWN are examining the tightness of the Castor container in the intermediate camp in the intermediate camp since 1994. A total of 74 Castor containers are stored there in Hall 8, which contain fuels from the Greifswald and Rheinsberg nuclear power plants. A new research project by the Dresden-Rossendorf Helmholtz Center examines the radiation measurements on these containers with special devices from the Technical University of Dresden and the Zittau-Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. The results of these investigations should be available in October 2024.

The securing of the Castor containers that contain highly radioactive materials remains of central importance. So far, no tightness problems have been found on over 1,200 castor containers stored in Germany. If there is still a problem, there is a repair concept that includes welding the socket cover. Nevertheless, environmental associations are calling for the establishment of a "hot cell" for the safe opening and repair of these containers.

insight into the national nuclear waste situation

Germany is split on the subject of nuclear waste disposal. While waste from western Germany is kept in intermediate camps of the Federal Society for Final storage (BGZ), nuclear waste from former GDR systems, especially in Lubmin, remains on site. The spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry of Finance, Janine Tokarski, assures that the BGZ has sufficient capacities for the safe storage of these radioactive waste.

Current statistics show that on December 31, 2022, more than 130,000 cubic meters of weak and medium-radioactive waste are stored in intermediate camps, of which only a small part of the test methods for the final storage have passed through. The requirements for storage are continuously adjusted to meet the latest security standards.

Another sign of the growing interest in the Lubmin location is the planned construction of a hydrogen factory by a Berlin company. The documents can be viewed by mid -June. These developments could influence the future economic situation in the region and strengthen the image of Lubmin as a significant location in the area of ​​energy generation and storage.

The storage and disposal of nuclear waste remains a central topic in German energy policy, which not only contains technical and safety -related challenges, but is also discussed socially controversial.