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		fforw on May 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany sets new solar-power record Nuclear plants also have guaranteed nuclear waste and Germany has no place to store these.

ori_b on May 27, 2012 | [–]

People severely overestimate the volume of nuclear waste produced by a plant. Storing it is more of a political problem than a technical one.

fforw on May 27, 2012 | | [–]

They told us this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schacht_Asse_II would be safe, too.

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