The site later became an illegal industrial waste storage and disposal facility, and operated until 1978.
There is an underground, nuclear waste storage and research laboratory situated in the commune.
Both security at the site and the durability of the waste storage are subject to approval by federal regulations.
There still is no solution to the vexing problem of nuclear waste storage.
An important area is the behavior of objects and materials after being placed into a nuclear waste storage or disposal site.
A sealed source need only be picked up, placed in a lead container, and transported to the radioactive waste storage.
Their preservation could have an important lesson for nuclear waste storage.
Furthermore, he opposes new nuclear plants until the problems of nuclear waste storage, safety and cost can be addressed.
Nuclear power, though much touted in France, is not viable given the failure to solve the problem of radioactive waste storage.
Cost estimates also need to take into account plant decommissioning and nuclear waste storage or recycling costs.