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3 unusual facts about Morsleben radioactive waste repository


Börde

Börde, a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, is arguably best known as the area of the former Morsleben radioactive waste repository.

Morsleben radioactive waste repository

The first partial authorization for retrievable storage of 500 cubic meters of radioactive waste from the crowded central storage depot in Lohmen near Dresden, East Germany was granted in 1971/72.

They were forced to work in the underground tunnels of more than 400 meters depth on the production of components for the jet aircraft Me 262 and rockets, including V1 and V2.



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