Radiant swamp
atom bearing cup out of control?
ZDF Wednesday, 07/01/2009 00:30 - 01:00 clock
VPS 02/07/2009 00:25
Length: 30 min
documentation, Germany, 2009
From the beginning the Aces was highly controversial. "With almost certainly exclude flooding," argued the proponents. Critics warned of the instability of the aces and feared huge implications for the people of the region. This danger is growing: 12 000 liters of water to penetrate the so-called access daily through the cracked layers of salt.
"nuclear waste should not have been here incorporated never," says Wolfram König, President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection today, "no one can say whether ewe lamb not tomorrow or the day after unstoppable amounts of water. Could collapse then all the pillars and chamber ceiling."
Even the water masses can be controlled, but there is a risk that water comes in contact with radioactive material. To a small extent this is already happening. It could then also enter the environment. try to calm
New report: The mining stability the mine was given in 2020. An expert group is currently examining various options, such as the aces can be rehabilitated. Other scientists advise against it. For them, the Aces a ticking time bomb.
The film by Malin Ihlau and Oliver Arno deals with the responsibility of the states in the former salt mine. Were there abuses have taken, the former operator deliberately accepted? There are workers to speak, the devastating report on conditions. Several of them are suffering from cancer. The authors also question the reason for the people of the dangers posed by the Aces. In addition, they have succeeded, Wolfram König, President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection in its efforts to accompany the damage.
