- The German government on Monday said it would not be sending nuclear waste to a planned Swiss repository close to the border with Germany, and that it was seeking talks on the issue.
- The Swiss storage site at Nördlich Lägern, some 20 kilometers (about 12.5 miles) north of Zurich, would have surface structures within 2 kilometers of the German border.
- Swiss authorities must still give their final decision on the permit for construction to go ahead and the building of the facility would not begin until 2031 at the earliest, and would only become operational in 2050.
Germany seeks talks with Switzerland on controversial nuclear waste site 12.09.2022
