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minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoOkay i have to search about this, why the hell the barrels are in salt mines tho? 😭
minus-squaretruthfultemporarily@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoSalt is plastic and over time will completely engulf the waste.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days agoThey just dumped them there in the 60s and 70s before there was regulation… Edit: Here’s two links, if you want to read up on it: English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asse_II_mine Most official source you will find (German): https://www.bge.de/de/asse/themenschwerpunkt-radioaktive-abfaelle/ (Mind that a translator will like translate the name of the mine “Asse” as “Aces”.)
Okay i have to search about this, why the hell the barrels are in salt mines tho? 😭
Salt is plastic and over time will completely engulf the waste.
They just dumped them there in the 60s and 70s before there was regulation…
Edit:
Here’s two links, if you want to read up on it:
(Mind that a translator will like translate the name of the mine “Asse” as “Aces”.)
Yeah now that make more sense