«It feels like we are the compost heap of Switzerland»
Outrage at the German border because of a repository
The population of Hohentengen D and the surrounding area vented on Thursday at an information event regarding the planned nuclear waste storage facility. The representatives of the federal government and Nagra had a difficult time.
Outraged regarding the choice of location for the nuclear waste repository: population in Hohentengen D on the border with Switzerland.
First the nuclear power plants on the border, then the aircraft noise and now a repository, said a 23-year-old German. “It feels like we are the compost heap of Switzerland.”
If it were only regarding compost, the emotions in the Hohentengen multi-purpose hall would probably not have run as high. Many in the packed hall were outraged that Switzerland wanted to bury its nuclear waste just a stone’s throw away from them.
The planned repository site in Zurich’s Stadel, specifically in the Haberstal, is only 3 kilometers away as the crow flies. The transhipment point of the plant should even be only 650 meters from a residential area in Hohentengen.
The representatives of Nagra and the Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) tried to cool the emotions with facts. Finally, one participant accused Monika Stauffer from the SFOE of being arrogant.
(SDA)
