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> disposing of power plant waste has never been a real problem.

Germany has been trying to find a location to safely dispose power plant waste for about 40 years or so. All the solutions so far didn't work out [1], they are still searching.

If you have a recommendation that actually works, I am sure they'd be happy to hear it...

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endlager_(Kerntechnik)#Endlage...

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The "Asse II" mine case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asse_II_mine

For the period 1906 to 1988, when Asse II was an operational salt mine, there were 29 documented water breaches.[27] They were sometimes successfully sealed off, partly dry or sometimes with negligible inflows (less than 0.5 cubic metres (130 US gal) per day).[28]

Between 1988 and 2008 32 new entry points were recorded. In 1996, the BFS notified the Bundesumweltministerium that there was a risk of severe radioactive contamination if the mine ran full of water and that further investigation was urgently required.

Hardly a long term solution.

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