Disposal of radioactive waste: Federal Office of Energy clarifies open questions
In autumn 2022, the National Co-operative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) will announce the sites for the deep geological repository projects. After that, the general licence applications will be prepared for the attention of the Federal Council. The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) will clarify the questions regarding compensation.
According to a statement by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), the earliest possible date for the National Co-operative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) to start negotiating new deep geological repository sites is autumn 2022. By then at the latest, the cantons likely to be affected by such a deep repository will be known.
The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) is now working with the parties involved to clarify various issues, such as how a negotiating delegation is to be formed at regional level, or how and by whom a contract that is eventually negotiated must be ratified. Negotiations on compensation between the waste producers, the siting cantons and the municipalities in the siting region can begin as soon as the sites have been announced.
Source: SFOE
