Germany’s hidden leaking nuclear waste dump

Have you heard of Asse before? Do you know you of any similar cases from other parts of the world?

It seems so un-German to not keep detailed records, let alone not stack things efficiently- whats going on? 😅

4:26 Props to the DW Planet A team for showing and mentioning the radiation level or rather the lack thereof as well as the natural nuclear radiation coming from the environment naturally.

They literally just dumped it lol. Didnt stack or organize or nothing. Germany is wild

Nuclear waste in steel barrels, plus salt water. That was a big brained idea to use that site.

Note that low level waste often contains no radioactive materials at all. This is due to very stringent safety standards, that means everything (except people, mostly) within the fence of a nuclear power plant, is, by default, classified as at least low level nuclear waste and cannot be put into municipal waste. This includes e.g. old computers, office chairs, lights, overalls, tools, shoes, floor tiles, even that sheet of paper that didn’t print properly. When we think nuclear power generates a lot of waste, we’re often misled by low level waste, that is often not actually radioactive.

its a real shame that nuclear waste has so much thought put into its disposal, and then gets so much flack for it but coal power plants get to dump all of their waste into the air and regular garbage dumps like its nothing

As always Citizens and Tax payers will pay for the mess not the actual responsible organization.

without providing radioactivity levels, this could be blown out of proportion, it has been decaying and will continue to do so, depending on the waste, could be not as bad

Ok, so by the look of the containers, which are barrels: Only low- and medium-level waste get stored in barrels instead of concrete casks. Which means that it's effectively almost just regular trash, but underground.

Yeah this issue has always been a later thing.. well later is eventually upon us

great so if there is an emergency while people are in the van, all oxygen is in the trunk lol

this kind of reminds me of that series "Dark" that was on Netflix, it was a German series and some of the story revolved around illegally dumped/stored radioactive waste in a small town.

Radioactive waste from Germany was also brought to Eastern Europe...

This gives “wir schaffen das” a whole new dimension🤷‍♂️🤣

This story is essential in understanding why Germans are so opposed to nuclear power.

The show Dark makes a lot more sense now. The shady nuclear dealings really are a present issue in the minds of germans.

Very insightful, thanks.

But how much is it radioactive? What is the real scope of the problem? Ground is radioactive too. Granite constantly leaks small amounts of Radon gas, but nobody proposes to remove all granite buildings

piling nuclear waste in 1964? In 1964 the us was still researching how it could work, all plants that did exist where located in the us and experimental