How to keep the memory of nuclear waste alive

In Switzerland, there are three regions under discussion for the construction of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste: Jura Ost (AG), Nördlich Lägern (AG, ZH) and Zurich Nordost (TG, ZH). The places where the repositories will be built in the end should, according to current opinion, remain recognizable over a very long period of time and knowledge about the deep geological repositories should be passed on over thousands of generations.

A group of experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) now outlines how this can be achieved in a report to be published in autumn. Experts and representatives of the regions discussed the proposals and their consequences for Switzerland at a conference at the Kunsthaus Zurich in early September 2019. Read the full article: www.bfe.admin.ch/ec-ewg.

Benedikt Vogel, on behalf of SFOE

Illustration: Documentation RK&M-Symposium