Germany quits nuclear power, closing its final three plants

A million years...

" Now Germany must work out what do with the deadly, high-level radioactive waste, which can remain dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years.

Currently, the nuclear waste is kept in interim storage next to the nuclear plants being decommissioned. But the search is on to find a permanent location where the waste can be stored safely for a million years.

The site needs to be deep – hundreds of meters underground. Only certain types of rock will do: Crystalline granite, rock salt or clay rock. It must be geologically stable with no risks of earthquakes or signs of underground rivers.

The process is likely to be fraught, complex and breathtakingly long – potentially lasting more than 100 years. "

Next year: Germany re-opens their Nuclear Plants because there's no way to maintain the electric infrastructure at night without the reactors.

"There are still at least another 60 years ahead of us, which we will need for the dismantling and the long-term safe storage of the remnants," said Wolfram Koenig, head of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management.

On one side I'm happy that, in the other side I'm scared what could happen.

As we in Germany close the last plants, our neighborhood plan new nuclear power plants. So, in terms of safety, a lost game.

In terms of energy, I'm not sure if it's lost. We still can buy and import electric power offered by neighbour countries. But what if they fail to produce the amount needed for themselves, like in summer when cooling is difficult.. we then have gas. Gas is expensive.

Was it a Russian influence operation?

Thank you, Greenpeace ... Putin is laughing at you, idiots from western Europe.