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April 10, 2013

Germany launches new search for nuclear waste dump site
Berlin (AFP) April 09, 2013
Germany decided Tuesday to start a fresh search for a radioactive waste depot site in the country, delaying by years a tough decision on an issue that has divided the nation for three decades. Under the government plan, an expert committee will be set up by late 2015 to search for a suitable underground site by 2031 where waste from Germany's atomic power plants could be safely entombed in perpetuity. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative government decided after Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear ... read more

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