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Re:Germany Runs Up Against the Limits of Renewables by kuschku on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @01:53PM (#11903878)
The germany decision is not at all stupid once you read up on the Asse II nuclear waste storage site (or, a more fitting name, Asse II ground water contamination site).

One of our largest nuclear waste storages, and it’s all leaking into the ground water.

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Re:Germany Runs Up Against the Limits of Renewables by spangry on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @02:41PM (#11904263)
I read the Wikipedia page but didn't get a great deal of information. From what I gathered, they decided to use a structurally/mechanically unsound abandoned salt mine as an 'experimental waste dump', and now there are concerns that if the mine floods, nuclear waste byproducts will get into the ground water? You're probably more acquainted with the issue so perhaps you can fill in the holes here?

At any rate, shutting down all German nuke plants because of something like this is akin to shutting down all coal mines because someone held a BBQ and accidentally started a fire.

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