Germany's nuclear waste repository search narrows to under 5% of territory
Where it stands: Germany's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal has reduced the area under consideration for the country's planned high-level radioactive waste repository from 25% of German territory to less than 5% over the past year. Watch for the regions remaining under consideration, the criteria behind the cut, and steps toward naming candidate sites.
- (2026-10-29, ~8:37 AM ET, World Nuclear News — world-nuclear-news.org/articles): Germany's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal said that over the past year it has reduced the area it is considering for the country's planned high-level radioactive waste repository from 25% of German territory to less than 5%. Siting-search progress only: the regions still in play, and any timeline toward a candidate or final site, are unreported in coverage. Headline: Germany's radioactive-waste repository search narrows to under 5% of the country. Watch: the regions remaining under consideration and the criteria behind the cut, steps toward naming candidate sites, community and state-level reactions, dated milestones in the selection procedure.