On this map, the radioactive sumps from the 750-meter bottom of the nuclear waste repository have been projected onto the earth’s surface.
A brief history of the Asse II nuclear waste repository
The underground salt mine
There is a skyscraper in Germany that you can walk on but never see in full size. It is camouflaged by a wooded hill that rises about seventy meters from the Lower Saxony farmland: The Asse. A few kilometers to the northwest lies Wolfenbuttel, the city center of Braunschweig can be reached by car in just under half an hour, and to the south the pale blue silhouette of the Harz mountains with the Brocken can be seen. A walker on the eastern section of the Asse Ridgeway has the houses of the community of Remlingen in his sights, but is probably not aware that he is walking in the immediate vicinity of the invisible building. If he wanted to visit it, he would have to take an elevator 750 meters underground. There is the first floor with 12 spacious rooms, each 60 meters long, 40 meters wide and 15 meters high.