Overview
- BUND chair Olaf Bandt says safety must outweigh speed, rejecting any compromises on scientific rigor, transparency, security, or public participation.
- The fourth Forum Endlagersuche in Hannover opens Friday as an annual platform for exchange among the public, civil society, authorities, politicians, scientists, and municipalities.
- In early November, experts reduced the map of potential repository regions to roughly a quarter of the country based on geological assessments reported by the BGE.
- According to the BGE, remaining areas either appear suitable for underground storage or still await evaluation, with many prospects in the north and additional options in the south.
- The BGE plans to propose regions for surface exploration by the end of 2027, with the final decision on those regions to be taken by the legislature, as BUND urges greater transparency.