In the complex search for a final storage site for German nuclear waste, 5.5 percent of Saxony's land area has so far been considered potentially suitable. The Geological Service at the State Environment Agency has now taken a closer look at these areas - and has come to a different conclusion. According to the office, many of these regions are potentially "less suitable" as a site for a final repository. The geological conditions are not given.
"The metamorphic rocks in the Ore Mountains in particular have an inhomogeneous structure due to their complex geological history," it said. Some granite deposits in Saxony are also not very suitable for the safe storage of nuclear waste.
