Exploration for radioactive waste repositories near urban areas

Markus Häring

Häring Consulting

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Save long term storage of nuclear waste is required even in countries without nuclear power plants. Switzerland produces about one third of its power with nuclear energy. The volume of high- medium- and low-level radioactive waste of over sixty years of production is in the same order as toxic heavy metal waste from industry and consumption. Radioactive waste has a precisely determined half-life and can be stored and monitored in controlled containments. In contrast, heavy metal waste is diffusely distributed, is not inventoried, and is of indefinite toxicity.
Nagra, the Swiss cooperative for the disposal of radioactive waste has explored for a suitable location in various rock formations throughout Switzerland. After forty years of exploration, a suitable site has been found that is not only geologically safe, but also meets all political requirements.
When it is possible to find a suitable site for nuclear waste in a country with nine million inhabitants that is smaller than the Eyre Peninsula and on top is located in a tectonically active region, it should be feasible to find a safe storage location in South Australia.

Event Details:

Thursday, 25th July 2024
Luncheon: 12 pm for a 12:30 pm start

Place: Ayer’s House, 288 North Tce, Adelaide

Includes a 2-course lunch and drinks

Bookings close 1 pm Monday, 22nd July 2024

Any late bookings will incur an additional $20 fee. Strictly no walk-ins.