Those responsible for nuclear waste are called upon to do so in two letters from Mayor Frank Klingebiel, IG Metall Salzgitter-Peine, Landvolk Braunschweiger Land and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schacht Konrad.

The Lower Saxony Environment Minister Wenzel is called upon to reassess Schacht Konrad as the responsible licensing and supervisory authority. It is unacceptable that Konrad is a nuclear waste repository based on the state of science and technology of 25 years ago, when it is foreseeable and declared that more and different waste will be stored there after commissioning than approved.

As long as the Lower Saxony Environment Ministry is still the licensing and supervisory authority, it is also required to act and avert foreseeable damage.

Federal Environment Minister Hendricks is called upon to explain her considerations regarding the expansion of the Konrad mine personally and publicly at an event in Salzgitter in early 2015.

In the draft of the national waste management program published this week, the German government acknowledges for the first time that there are large quantities of radioactive waste that have simply not been taken into account to date. If necessary, these are to be added to the Konrad mine. However, only once Konrad is in operation, i.e. once facts have been established and responsibility for licensing has been transferred to the Federal Office for Nuclear Waste Management.