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Rust found on Vattenfall nuclear waste barrels

Rust found on Vattenfall nuclear waste barrels

The Vattenfall nuclear power plant in Brunsbüttel. File photo: AP/TT

Published: 24 Feb 2014 13:56 GMT+01:00

A new nuclear waste inspection has revealed rust on every fourth barrel containing radioactive material at one of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall’s nuclear power plants in Germany.

While a quarter of the barrels showed some signs of rust, the inspection also revealed that several were severely affected by corrosion.

Inspectors already discovered a rusted nuclear waste barrel in 2011 at the Brunsbüttel nuclear power plant near Hamburg, yet observers noted that the latest review showed more extensive and potentially dangerous hazards. After thorough investigation of the store rooms, 18 of the 70 barrels were found to affected by corrosion.

Robert Habeck, environment minister for the Greens in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, said he was surprised by the extent of the latest find.

“I suspected that it wasn’t an isolated case, but to find that 25 percent have been affected, however, that is a very large number,” he said.

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