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Karlsruhe / Neckarwestheim (dpa / lsw) - After tests and controls by independent experts, EnBW is allowed to clean radioactive waste at the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant (Heilbronn district).
The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment agreed on Monday that the Karlsruhe energy company may operate a residue processing center, the company said.
There, the waste should be decontaminated and made less harmful.
"Although only a small part of the total dismantling mass of a power plant is processed, this part is still in the lower five-digit ton range," said the head of EnBW's nuclear power division, Jörg Michels, according to the announcement.
Some recyclables could then be reused.
All other waste fell into the category of low to medium-level activity and should be temporarily stored in waste storage facilities before being brought to the Konrad mine repository, which has not yet been put into operation.
As part of the energy transition in Germany, EnBW is dismantling four of its five nuclear power plants: Block I in Neckarwestheim, the Obrigheim nuclear power plant (Neckar-Odenwald district) and both blocks in Philippsburg (Karlsruhe district).
Block II in Neckarwestheim may only produce electricity until the end of 2022.
The dismantling should begin immediately after the shutdown.
In Philippsburg, the commissioning of an RBZ was approved in December.
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