Vote Critics of a nuclear repository call for a national referendum
Even before the responsible authority submits the general license application for a geological repository next week, resistance is spreading: a committee is calling for the people to give the green light for the project after parliament.
15.11.2024, 10:00
15.11.2024, 10:37
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It has been known since September 2022 that the nuclear waste repository is to be drilled in the Zurich municipality of Stadel, more precisely in Haberstal. The Federal Council and parliament will decide on the repository from 2029. Construction is scheduled to start in 2045.
"A decision with implications for a million years should be put to the people": with this slogan, a group relaunched the national debate on a nuclear repository in front of the media in Bern on Friday. Such a complex issue requires the approval of the population of the whole of Switzerland.
The committee is made up of organizations that claim to be "scientifically and politically engaged with the repository".
