Disposal of Highly Radioactive Wastes

Abstract

Federal Republic of Germany had in Operation 17 Nuclear Power Plants. In 2011 there was meltdown of the 4th nuclear reactor in Fukusima, Japan. Previously there was in Chernobyl an unprecedented nuclear disaster. Many countries of the world were thinking seriously about the generation of energy by some other alternative measures. That time Germany decided to close down all their nuclear power plants 17 in number by the year 2022. To achieve this goal Germany is phase wise closing down the reactor and hence they are in search for burying the disposal of nuclear wastes.