20 Oct 2025
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Database application for multi-level area-specific FEP catalogues in the German site selection process for high-level radioactive waste disposal
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, 31224 Peine, Germany
Eva-Maria Gottron
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, 31224 Peine, Germany
Yvonne Messerschmidt
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, 31224 Peine, Germany
Florian Schöne
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, 31224 Peine, Germany
Tobias Wengorsch
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, 31224 Peine, Germany
Anne Bartetzko
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, 31224 Peine, Germany
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, 31224 Peine, Germany
Clausthal University of Technology, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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The safe disposal of nuclear waste requires consideration of future developments in nature on the repository, like for instance glacifications. We show an approach by using a sophisticated database for a systematic consideration of such developments and their possible interactions.
The safe disposal of nuclear waste requires consideration of future developments in nature on...
