May 16 Openness and knowledge of nuclear waste

DD opens the doors to the media in response to the desire for greater insight into the subject, which comes in the wake of the publication of the preliminary studies to the final storage facility for radioactive waste.

D On 4 May, SIS, GEUS and DD the results of the feasibility studies for the interministerial working group, which is leading the establishment of a Danish final depot for radioactive waste. After a briefing by representatives from the parties in the Folketing, the feasibility studies were published, among other things, 22 areas were designated and 6 recommended as particularly suitable for the location of the depot.

In order to address the many issues raised by the publication, a press briefing was held on Thursday 5 May DD , where the media present were given the opportunity to ask in-depth questions to the contributors of the studies and to look for themselves at waste containers and storage facilitys, as well as some of the waste to be deposited. In the days following, several media outlets visited to film and photograph the waste and interview, not least GEUS and DD .

This has been important for DD to show openness and invite the media within, so that citizens have the opportunity to get a clearer picture of what is at stake and to have basic questions about the pre-studies answered. The preliminary studies are technically difficult to access, and most people naturally have a vague picture of what the Danish radioactive waste consists of.

For the most part, radioactive waste consists of scrap metal, concrete, plastics and gloves and has only low levels of radioactivity. It is easier to relate to most people when the media is allowed to get up close and to film the waste and interview an employee who can tell and show that the vast majority of the waste is handled by hand.