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Stored total amount of high level waste (in tonnes heavy metals)

Figure Created 01 Mar 2012 Published 27 Mar 2012 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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Topics: Energy

The figure shows the amount of high level nuclear waste continues to accumulate.

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Additional information

Due to revisions to the 2008 figures for Germany’s nuclear waste in storage total amounts are 10,000 tonnes lower this year. No information has been included for Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia due to a lack of information.