In February 2020, the European Commission and the German Environment Agency organized the 2. workshop on non-chemical alternatives in rodent control (NoCheRo). At the workshop, a draft guidance for testing efficacy and animal welfare of rodent break back/snap traps was presented to representatives from the EU Member States authorities on biocides, the European Commission, the scientific community, NGOs and industry. Overall, the guidance received positive feedback from the workshop members. It was agreed that an objective assessment of traps is necessary to improve animal welfare, to identify inefficient traps and to collect data for the comparative assessment of non-chemical alternatives with rodenticides. Veröffentlicht in Dokumentationen | 03/2020.
In September 2016, the European Commission started an information exchange with member states, industry associations and NGOs on best available techniques for waste gas treatment in the chemical sector. Aim of the information exchange is the development of a Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document on Common Waste Gas Treatment in the Chemical Sector (WGC BREF ). With this research report, the German Environment Agency ( UBA ) contributes to the information exchange. The objective of the project was the compilation and assessment of air emission values from installations of the chemical industry sector in Germany, considering related waste gas treatment. Veröffentlicht in Texte | 16/2017.
Internationale UBA-Konferenz berät über nachhaltige Wohlstandsmodelle Konzepte für Grüne Zukunftsmärkte und eine ‘Green Economy‘ stehen im Mittelpunkt der internationalen UBA-Konferenz „Green Markets - World of Sustainable Products“ am 29. und 30.09.2011 in der Urania Berlin. ‘Green Economy‘ steht für ein energie- und ressourceneffizientes Wirtschaften. Damit soll weltweit eine nachhaltige Entwicklung initiiert werden, die Armut abbaut und ökologische Grenzen einhält. Einen wichtigen Schritt dazu bilden Investitionen in grüne Zukunftsmärkte. Die Tagung findet im Vorfeld der Rio+20-Konferenz im Juni 2012 statt, bei der die internationale Staatengemeinschaft über Wege zur ökologischen Modernisierung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft verhandelt. „Green Economy ist eine Schlüsselstrategie um Hunger und Armut in der Welt erfolgreich zu bekämpfen und die weltweite wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in den Grenzen der ökologischen Belastbarkeit unseres Planeten zu halten“, sagt UBA-Präsident Jochen Flasbarth. The pathway to a green economy provides industrial and developing countries with the prospect of ensuring prosperity without encroaching on the limits of the environment. In June 2012 – 20 years after the 1992 Rio Conference – the international community will gather at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD). At this so-called ‘Rio +20’ Conference the parties to the conference will discuss how the global community can move towards becoming an environmentally friendly, resource-saving and energy-efficient ‘green economy.’ Flasbarth comments, “Environmental protection may not be regarded as a niche policy. Development towards a green economy not only affects green sectors, but the very core of the economy“. Investment in green future markets lays the groundwork for a green economy. The Federal Ministry of Environment and the Federal Environment Agency have identified six green lead markets for Germany: environmentally friendly energy production, energy efficiency, material and resource efficiency, sustainable mobility, sustainable water management, and waste and recycling management. On a global scale these markets alone hold enormous potential valued at up to 3.1 trillion euros by 2020. The Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, published on 20 September 2011, details the key components for a transition to an energy and resource-efficient economy in Europe. European Commissioner for Environment Janez Potočnik comments, “In a cooperative effort of Member States and interest groups in industry and civil society, we must create the conditions in which our economy can undergo fundamental changes in the coming years. We must send the right market signals, abolish subsidies harmful to the environment, and promote sustainable production and consumption.” Resource efficiency must be borne in mind in all policy-making areas- from waste management, research and innovation, to energy and transport. If nothing else, a true green economy will help to reduce absolute poverty in developing countries. The UN Environment Programme-led Green Economy Initiative of 2008 launched has made several proposals to this end. UNECE General Secretary Ján Kubiš comments, “Investment in natural capital—water, soil, ecosystems- not only makes an important contribution to global climate protection and the preservation of biodiversity, it also represents an investment in the economic viability of billions of people“. Dessau-Roßlau, 29.09.2011
„Die vorgelegte Studie befasst sich mit Langzeituntersuchungen epibenthischer Tierarten an zwei Untersuchungsstationen im Jadebusen während eines Zeitraumes von 13 Jahren sowie mit einem Vergleich von Untersuchungen einer endobenthischen Gemeinschaft der Jahre 1952 und 1987 zur Feststellung möglicher Schäden durch Fischerei und Verklappungsaktivitäten sowie lokal eingeleiteter Schadstoffe.“ „The paper deals with long-term studies of macrobenthic species of Jade Bay (North Sea) during a period of 13 years. Comparative investigations of an endobenthic community, carried out in 1952 and1987, are used to state possible natural damages by local fisheries, dumping activities an locally introduced chemical waste.”
Since April 2017, the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) has been responsible for the construction, operation and closure of the Konrad repository in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. The repository is intended for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. This waste arises primarily from the operation and dismantling of nuclear power plants as well as from research institutions, industry and medicine. In 2002, the Konrad mine became the first repository to be licensed under German nuclear law. The planning approval was confirmed by the Federal Administrative Court in 2007, since then it has been legally binding. The former iron-ore mine is currently being converted and expanded into a repository and will then be used for the final disposal of up to 303,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste with negligible heat generation – that is, low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. The Konrad repository is due to be completed in 2027. The predicted costs for the emplacement chambers constructed at a depth of approximately 1,000 metres as well as the entire technical infrastructure for the safe handling of radioactive waste packages run to around €4.2 billion. These are the costs for construction only. The operating costs have not yet been included. The evaluation of compliance with the safety requirements for the Konrad repository in light of the state of the art of science and technology is the first of its kind. As a responsible operator, the BGE is continuing the voluntary evaluation process initiated by the previous operator, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). Issued by the state of Lower Saxony on 22 May 2002, the planning approval was based on the state of the art of science and technology at the time. The evaluation is now intended to determine, in several phases, whether there are any discrepancies relevant for safety between the state of the art of science and technology at the time and that of the present day. In the first phase, the need for an evaluation was determined. In other words, this phase examined whether changes in the state of the art of science and technology have had an impact on safety analyses of the Konrad repository. A subsequent Phase 2 of the evaluation will examine in greater detail only those areas in which a need for an evaluation was identified in Phase 1, and the relevant safety analysis will be updated. In the first phase of the evaluation, four topic areas were addressed by six research institutes and engineering firms. The contractors were acquired within the framework of a public call for tenders, which imposed specific requirements in terms of the applicants’ technical expertise. The topic areas were: safety analysis of normal operation (Brenk Systemplanung GmbH), accident analysis (DMT GmbH & Co. KG, DSR Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH), safety analysis in relation to ensuring subcriticality in the operational phase (TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH) and safety analysis of the post-operational phase (Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit GRS gGmbH, AF.Consult Switzerland Ltd., DMT GmbH & Co. KG). After drafts of the reports were submitted, the BGE commissioned a team of four scientists to carry out a peer review. The peer review team, which was characterised by its technical expertise and independence, consisted of: Professor Klaus-Jürgen Röhlig (Institute of Disposal Research, TU Clausthal), Christian Küppers (Nuclear Engineering and Facility Safety, Öko-Institut e.V., Darmstadt), Professor Thorsten Schäfer (Institute of Geosciences/Applied Geology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena) and Professor Clemens Walther (Institute of Radioecology and Radiation Protection, Leibniz University Hannover). This preliminary state of affairs was presented to the specialist community in Braunschweig on 23 January 2019 before a further revision took place. The final reports from Phase 1 are now available. Based on the final reports submitted by the contractors and the peer review team, the BGE is now preparing for Phase 2 of the evaluation. In Phase 2, the safety analyses will be examined in greater depth and updated if necessary. The BGE will take account of all safety-relevant areas in need of an evaluation that were identified in Phase 1 in addition to the information provided by the contractors and peer review team. Tasks identified in the process will be arranged into topics and dealt with systematically and with the necessary care with the help of external and internal experts. The preparation and carrying out of Phase 2 will take an extended period of time. The plan is also to discuss the results of Phase 2 with the specialist community at a workshop. In addition, the results will be subject to independent peer review, as in Phase 1. This is the period of time after the radioactive waste has been placed underground in the Konrad repository, the emplacement chambers have been backfilled with special concrete, further cavities have been backfilled, and the two shafts of the repository have been securely sealed. The aim of final disposal is to permanently enclose the radioactive waste in deep geological formations. In order to demonstrate that this objective will be achieved, geoscientific methods were used to predict the long-term development of the Konrad repository as part of the licensing procedure. Model calculations were performed in order to examine and assess the spread of radionuclides from the repository into the near-surface groundwater. The results showed that the proof of safety required by the Atomic Energy Act has been provided successfully and that all dose values will be adhered to on a lasting basis. In the Konrad repository, long-term safety is ensured by the specific geological conditions and the secure sealing of both shafts. All emplacement chambers, as well as the majority of the underground infrastructure spaces, are being newly excavated in previously unmined sections of the deposit – that is, the sections that were not used for raw-material extraction. No former mine excavations will be used for the final disposal of radioactive waste. Only the existing shafts and some underground infrastructure roads will continue to be used following conversion to repository operation. For the Konrad repository, the concept of non-retrievable storage offers maximum safety for the workers and the environment. Retrievability would be “associated with greater environmental impact, as operational discharges from the emplacement areas are still to be expected in the long term and either these discharges will not take place if the waste is backfilled and the emplacement chambers are sealed off or they will be significantly reduced until the repository is sealed off from the biosphere”, as stated by the licensing authority – the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment – in the planning approval (section C I - 14) in 2002. “Retrievable storage also requires additional work and control measures, which are associated with additional radiation exposure for personnel.” In 2010, the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUV) published the “Safety requirements for the final disposal of heat-generating radioactive waste”. In relation to retrievability, these requirements clearly state that, in the event of simultaneous emplacement of waste with negligible heat generation, i.e. the type of waste that is to be emplaced in the Konrad repository, the retrievability requirements are not to be complied with for this waste. For the Konrad repository, the concept of non-retrievable storage offers maximum safety for the workers and the environment. Retrievability would be “associated with greater environmental impact, as operational discharges from the emplacement areas are still to be expected in the long term and either these discharges will not take place if the waste is backfilled and the emplacement chambers are sealed off or they will be significantly reduced until the repository is sealed off from the biosphere”, as stated by the licensing authority – the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment – in the planning approval (section C I - 14) in 2002. “Retrievable storage also requires additional work and control measures, which are associated with additional radiation exposure for personnel.” In 2009, the Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit mbH (GRS) carried out the Konrad Transport Study on behalf of the federal government. In 2012, the consultancy firm intac GmbH carried out a technical assessment of the Konrad Transport Study on behalf of the City of Salzgitter. In turn, GRS issued a statement in relation to the assessment. As part of its reassessment (Konrad Transport Study, 2009), GRS showed that the waste transports coming together in the siting region of the Konrad repository do not represent a significant radiological risk to the population, the transport personnel or the environment. This applies both to normal transport and to transport accidents. On 14 July 2015, the BfS brought together all participating actors within the framework of the “Konrad Transport Study” specialist workshop, which aimed to identify areas of technical consensus and disagreement, to determine competences for the individual topic areas, and to discuss the further procedure. With regard to the question from the City of Braunschweig as to when an update of the Konrad Transport Study can be expected, the BMU made the following statement: “In order to be able to take account of the inventory of waste packages as realistically as possible and therefore, in particular, to be able to make specific estimates of the inventory in comparison with earlier studies, an updated Konrad Transport Study should be conducted as close as possible to the time of the repository’s commissioning.” The planning approval for the Konrad repository provides for continual delivery of waste with negligible heat generation, which is to be placed in final disposal underground following the necessary receiving inspections and without further interim storage. Furthermore, the planning approval contains a series of important and detailed requirements in relation to the types of waste and packages that can be emplaced together and in what numbers. A logistics centre would make the delivery of waste packages faster and more straightforward. Although it is not a necessary condition for the operation of the Konrad repository, the logistics centre will allow efficient two-shift operation, which is the aim when it comes to emplacement.
Kurzbeschreibung Germany and the European Commission joined forces to organize the International Conference on Prevention and Management of Marine Litter in European Seas. By sharing information across borders, initiating joint actions and identifying common goals it is our hope that this conference will make a difference in the collective fight against marine litter. Here you can find the programme of the conference . The conference aimed to: Start filling in the obligation of Rio+20 through the facilitation and stimulation of cooperation between different stakeholders in order to stimulate the development of regional action plans. Be the European contribution to the Honolulu strategy as the global approach on what possible measures and actions to take in order to tackle the problem. Bring existing and planned marine litter initiatives to the attention of a wider audience, including politicians by providing a platform to collect and share good practices and commitments. Support information exchange amongst Member States and a coherent implementation of the MSFD on European level in order to combat litter pollution of marine waters. Focus will be laid on the identification and implementation of programs of measures in 2015/2016 by MS as required for the further implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Participants of the conference included: Public sector representatives from Member States, Regional Seas Conventions, EC representatives and local authorities, stakeholders e.g. representatives from private sector associations of plastic producers, converters, recyclers, packaging industry, retailers, ferry ships, cruise ships, fisherman, port authorities as well as consumer organizations, environmental NGOs and research institutes. The Organisation Committee for this conference consisted of: Stefanie Werner, German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Leo de Vrees, European Commission, DG Environment Dagmar Larws, German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Nicole Wanders-Wengler, European Commission, DG Environment Stephan Haufe, German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Samuli Korpinen, HELCOM (Baltic Sea) Irina Makarenko, Bucharest Convention (Black Sea) Habib Elhabr, Barcelona Convention (Mediterranean Sea) Lex Oosterbaan, OSPAR (North-East Atlantic) Eduard Interwies, InterSus Sustainability Services Thomas Dworak, Fresh Thoughts Ergebnisse Conference Report Issue Paper Message from Berlin If you are interested in the presentations held or the posters shown at the conference please contact Stefanie.Werner@uba.de.
Ministerium des Innern - Pressemitteilung Nr.: 123/10 Ministerium des Innern - Pressemitteilung Nr.: 123/10 Magdeburg, den 9. September 2010 Innenausschuss des Bundesrates berät Antrag des Landes Berlin/ Hövelmann: 8. Mai soll als Tag der Befreiung internationaler Gedenktag werden Der Innenausschuss des Bundesrates berät heute in Berlin über einen Antrag des Landes Berlin, den 8. Mai als Tag der Befreiung zum nationalen Gedenktag zu erklären. Sachsen-Anhalts Innenminister Holger Hövelmann (SPD) teilte heute in Magdeburg mit, dass Sachsen-Anhalt diesen Antrag im Innenausschuss unterstützen werde. ¿65 Jahre nach Kriegsende ist es richtig, ein starkes Signal des demokratischen Staates zu setzen¿, sagte Hövelmann. Der Antrag des Landes Berlin im Wortlaut: Der Bundesrat setzt sich dafür ein, den 8. Mai als Tag der Befreiung zum nationalen Gedenktag zu erklären. Der Bundesrat bittet den Bundespräsidenten, dieser Entschließung durch Proklamation des 8. Mai zum nationalen Gedenktag nachzukommen. Begründung: Auszüge aus der Ansprache des Bundespräsidenten Richard von Weizsäcker am 8. Mai 1985 im Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestages zum 40. Jahrestag der Beendigung des Zweiten Weltkrieges: ¿Viele Völker gedenken heute des Tages, an dem der Zweite Weltkrieg in Europa zu Ende ging. Seinem Schicksal gemäß hat jedes Volk dabei seine eigenen Gefühle. ¿¿ Wir Deutsche begehen den Tag unter uns, und das ist notwendig. Wir müssen die Maßstäbe allein finden. Schonung unserer Gefühle durch uns selbst oder durch andere hilft nicht weiter. Wir brauchen und wir haben die Kraft, der Wahrheit so gut wir es können ins Auge zu sehen, ohne Beschönigung und ohne Einseitigkeit. Der 8. Mai ist für uns vor allem ein Tag der Erinnerung an das, was Menschen erleiden mussten. Es ist zugleich ein Tag des Nachdenkens über den Gang unserer Geschichte. Je ehrlicher wir ihn begehen, desto freier sind wir, uns seinen Folgen verantwortlich zu stellen. Der 8. Mai ist für uns Deutsche kein Tag zum Feiern. Die Menschen, die ihn bewusst erlebt haben, denken an ganz persönliche und damit unterschiedliche Erfahrungen zurück. ¿¿ Es war schwer, sich alsbald klar zu orientieren. Ungewißheit erfüllte das Land. Die militärische Kapitulation war bedingungslos. Unser Schicksal in der Hand der Feinde. ¿¿ Und dennoch wurde von Tag zu Tag klarer, was es heute für uns alle zu sagen gilt: Der 8. Mai war ein Tag der Befreiung. Er hat uns alle befreit von dem menschenverachtenden System der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft. Niemand wird um dieser Befreiung willen vergessen, welche schweren Leiden für viele Menschen mit dem 8. Mai erst begannen und danach folgten. Aber wir dürfen nicht im Ende des Krieges die Ursache für Flucht, Vertreibung und Unfreiheit sehen. Sie liegt vielmehr in seinem Anfang und im Beginn jener Gewaltherrschaft, die zum Krieg führte. Wir dürfen den 8. Mai 1945 nicht vom 30. Januar 1933 trennen. Wir haben wahrlich keinen Grund, uns am heutigen Tag an Siegesfesten zu beteiligen. Aber wir haben allen Grund, den 8. Mai 1945 als das Ende eines Irrweges deutscher Geschichte zu erkennen, das den Keim der Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft barg. Der 8. Mai ist ein Tag der Erinnerung. Erinnern heißt, eines Geschehens so ehrlich und rein zu gedenken, dass es zu einem Teil des eigenen Innern wird. Das stellt große Anforderungen an unsere Wahrhaftigkeit. Wir gedenken heute in Trauer aller Toten des Krieges und der Gewaltherrschaft. ¿¿ Es gab keine ¿Stunde Null¿, aber wir hatten die Chance zu einem Neubeginn. Wir haben sie genutzt, so gut wir konnten. An die Stelle der Unfreiheit haben wir die demokratische Freiheit gesetzt. Vier Jahre nach Kriegsende, 1949, am 8. Mai, beschloss der Parlamentarische Rat unser Grundgesetz. Über Parteigrenzen hinweg gaben seine Demokraten die Antwort auf Krieg und Gewaltherrschaft in Artikel 1 unserer Verfassung: ¿Das deutsche Volk bekennt sich darum zu unverletzlichen und unveräußerlichen Menschenrechten als Grundlage jeder menschlichen Gemeinschaft, des Friedens und der Gerechtigkeit auf der Welt.¿ Auch an diese Bedeutung des 8. Mai gilt es heute zu erinnern. ¿¿ Wir (Älteren) müssen den Jüngeren helfen zu verstehen, warum es lebenswichtig ist, die Erinnerung wachzuhalten. ¿¿ Die Bitte an die jungen Menschen lautet: Lassen Sie sich nicht hineintreiben in Feindschaft und Haß gegen andere Menschen, gegen Russen oder Amerikaner, gegen Juden oder Türken, gegen Alternative oder Konservative, gegen Schwarz oder Weiß. Lernen Sie miteinander zu leben, nicht gegeneinander. Lassen Sie auch uns als demokratisch gewählte Politiker dies immer wieder beherzigen und ein Beispiel geben. Ehren wir die Freiheit. Arbeiten wir für den Frieden. Halten wir uns an das Recht. Dienen wir unseren inneren Maßstäben der Gerechtigkeit. Schauen wir am heutigen 8. Mai, so gut wir es können, der Wahrheit ins Auge.¿ Damals wie heute charakterisieren diese Worte des ehemaligen Bundespräsidenten Richard von Weizsäcker die Bedeutung des 8. Mai in der deutschen Geschichte. Die Entwicklung nach dem 8. Mai 1945 hat gezeigt, dass wir aus unserer Geschichte wichtige Lehren gezogen und in der Staatswirklichkeit verankert haben. Es gilt, diese mahnende Erinnerung auch für künftige Generationen durch die Begehung eines Gedenktages wach zu halten. Richard von Weizsäcker sprach in seiner Rede auch von der Zuversicht der Deutschen, dass der 8. Mai nicht dass letzte Datum unserer Geschichte bleibt, das für alle Deutschen verbindlich ist. In dem Wissen, dass sich diese Zuversicht durch die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands verwirklicht hat, und in Anbetracht der seit der Rede in den vergangenen 25 Jahren vollzogenen Geschichte auch über die Grenzen Deutschlands hinaus, wozu insbesondere das Zusammenwachsen der europäischen Staaten in Freiheit unter dem Dach der Europäischen Union und über diesen Staatenbund hinaus zählt, ist die Bewertung des ehemaligen Bundespräsidenten Richard von Weizsäcker, dass der 8. Mai 1945 für uns Deutsche ein Tag der Befreiung war, aktueller denn je. Das heutige Deutschland und das Europa in seiner gegenwärtigen Form wären nicht möglich ohne den 8. Mai 1945. Die Bedeutung des 8. Mai für Deutschland wird angemessen gewürdigt, indem dieses Datum als Tag der Befreiung als nationaler Gedenktag in den Erinnerungskalender aufgenommen wird. In der gemeinsamen Erinnerung an die mit diesem Datum verbundenen historischen Erfahrungen in ihrer Gesamtheit werden die Grundwerte, welche die deutsche Staats- und Verfassungsordnung fundieren, anschaulich und erlebbar. Ein nationaler Gedenktag 8. Mai trägt damit auch zur Konsensbildung und Identifikation mit unserer freiheitlich-demokratischen Grundordnung bei. Impressum: Verantwortlich: Martin Krems Pressestelle Halberstädter Straße 2 / Am Platz des 17. Juni 39112 Magdeburg Tel: (0391) 567-5504/-5516/-5517 Fax: (0391) 567-5520 Mail: Pressestelle@mi.sachsen-anhalt.de Impressum:Ministerium für Inneres und Sport des Landes Sachsen-AnhaltVerantwortlich:Danilo WeiserPressesprecherHalberstädter Straße 2 / am "Platz des 17. Juni"39112 MagdeburgTel: (0391) 567-5504/-5514/-5516/-5517/-5377Fax: (0391) 567-5520Mail: Pressestelle@mi.sachsen-anhalt.de
Status conference: consistently complying with the course prescribed by law More than 200 representatives from government ministries, public authorities, companies, universities and associations as well as interested members of the public shared ideas on the search for a disposal site for high-level radioactive waste in Berlin. press release Stand: 2020.04.08 Continuing the work that has been going on for more than two years promptly and consistently – this is now one of the most important tasks for those involved in the search for a permanent and safe site for the legacy of using nuclear power. “By this, I primarily mean that we need to make progress in the search that we’ve chosen by consensus in the interest of the common good and safety. The search procedure must be conducted without any prejudice and remain free from influence by any individual interests,” said Wolfram König, President of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management ( BfE ), at the start of the second status conference on nuclear disposal in Berlin. Special public conference on the current work, tasks and further development opportunities in the process More than 200 representatives from government ministries, public authorities, companies, universities and associations as well as interested members of the public shared ideas on the state of the search for a disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from Thursday to Friday. They discussed the current work, tasks, problems as well as further development opportunities in the process. The event, which was primarily geared towards experts in the field of nuclear disposal, was open to the public. The BfE also set up a livestream for all interested parties. The credibility of the process The company commissioned to conduct the search, Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH ( BGE or the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal), has announced that it will publish its first interim report next year. The report will name the regions that have been ruled out from the ongoing search procedure because of the lack of basic conditions. “The best evidence for the credibility of the process is to perform the search without prejudice and based on specialist criteria. State boundaries and possible previous pollution, for example, caused by existing nuclear power stations, rightly don’t represent a criterion for exclusion. The search must be guided by safety and the common good,” König added. “This enables us to show some responsibility towards the regions where high-level radioactive waste is currently being stored. Our latest experience shows clearly that only continuing support, particularly from top political figures, can smooth the pathway to finding a disposal site”. Background: Select Areas Conference and advance information and involvement opportunities The BfE is supervising the search for a disposal site for high-level radioactive waste and is organising public participation. Once BGE mbH has published its first interim report, the BfE will organise a Select Areas Conference. This will offer a platform where the company can then discuss its interim results with the general public and representatives from the academic world and local authorities. The Select Areas Conference is the first formal stakeholders’ committee envisaged by the law covering the search for a disposal site. It will focus on the interim results about which areas in Germany must be ruled out and which ones can remain in the process for the time being. Geological data, which BGE mbH has collected, will form the basis for this analysis. The report will not name any sites for further investigation. This is planned to take place in a further stage with other participation opportunities (regional conferences). The BfE already provides various information and participation formats now and will continue with this until the publication of the first interim report; they are geared towards various target groups like regions, local authorities or young people.
Das Projekt "Evaluation of the implementation of the European Union Forest Action Plan (FAP)" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Hamburg, Arbeitsbereich für Weltforstwirtschaft und Institut für Weltforstwirtschaft des Friedrich-Löffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit durchgeführt. Building on the Council Resolution of 15 December 1998 on a forestry strategy for the European Union, the report on the implementation of the EU Forestry Strategy and consequent Council Conclusions, the EU Forest Action Plan was adopted on 15 June 2006. Drafting of the Action Plan involved consultations with the Member States and acceding countries (through the Standing Forestry Committee SFC), stakeholders (through the Advisory Group on Forestry and Cork AGFC and individual contributions), and cooperation among Commission services. The overall aim of the EU Forest Action Plan is to support and enhance sustainable forest management and multifunctional role of forests. It provides a framework for the implementation of forest-related actions at Community and Member States level, and serves as an instrument of co-ordination between different Community actions as well as between Community actions and forest policies of the Member States. The Action Plan has four objectives: - to improve the long-term competitiveness, to improve and protect the environment, to contribute to the quality of life, and to foster coordination and communication. These objectives are targeted with eighteen key actions in the EU Forest Action Plan, which the European Commission and the Member States are to implement. For implementation of the Action Plan a five-year work programme (2007-2011) has been established. It indicates fifty-five activities that will provide guidance to the Commission, Member States and stakeholders in implementation of the Action Plan, which started in 2007. The Forest Action Plan is to be evaluated at mid-term (2009) and after the five-year running period (2012). The purpose, aim and tasks of the evaluation of the EU Forest Action Plan will be to: ' analyse if the implementation is on track for meeting the objectives of the Action Plan, whether these objectives have been met so far, if the Action Plan has led to any side effects and whether the instruments used are relevant, effective and efficient. This analysis should also be carried out in the light of key developments for the forest sectors in the Member States, and at European and international levels.'
Das Projekt "Barrier performance of cements and concretes in nuclear waste repositories" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Sicherheitsforschung und Reaktortechnik durchgeführt. General Information: Cement barriers have been demonstrated to provide physical and chemical containment of nuclear waste. The problem has been to verify the mechanistic basis of their performance now and in the future. The project aims at unifying practical and theoretical approaches to performance testing and prediction The fundamental science of immobilisation will be developed by enhancing computer-based models of chemical behaviour and linking chemical models with physical models of transport properties of permeable materials and of cracked barriers. Modest data base expansion will be undertaken. Test methods will be developed which realistically accelerate degradation of cements in a range of natural environments. These test methods will be applied to a range of inactive simulants as well as active wastes. Furthermore, they will be closely linked with field trials at Mol and with the computer-based simulations described above. The inactive components of radioactive waste streams may interfere with performance. Consequently, the impact of waste stream constituents such as flocs upon leach properties and performance will be determined. Inactive simulant and active cemented waste samples will be tested at Mol using oxidised and fresh (reduced) clay. These realistic tests will parallel accelerated laboratory leach and modelling predictions, the three sets of results from computer modelling, from accelerated tests and from actual exposure will be critically compared and evaluated. The range of temperatures will be 20-85 C and groundwater compositions range from pure to saline. The Mol pure water composition will provide an important benchmark. The methodology used throughout will be standard but state-of-the-art. The participants have all had extensive experience in the field and, in many instances, will have worked together in the course of previous EC programmes. The coordinator will work with partners to ensure the best possible sharing of experience to enhance the value of the project to the Community and its member states. Prime Contractor: University of Aberdeen, Department of Chemistry; Aberdeen; United Kingdom.
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