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era of the 400 nuclear reactors in operation worldwide, and that number continues to grow. they generate thousands of tons of radioactive waste each year, and no one knows what to do with it. that's an issue even for countries like germany that have shut down laptops. we headed towards the center of germany, close to the phone, the border between west and east. this entire area has a lot of sold on the ground. people here used to live from farming for centuries until a big salt mine opened around 1900, transforming the area. the 3 shots without mining continued up to 1964 when it stopped being profitable. around the same time, west germany was looking for a place to store radioactive waste that had started piling up from the growing nuclear industry. that's when the full i started on this

particular by the way, getting an exclusive tour on the site, not to my mind works for the operator of the mine and it's taking us on the ground and we're ready for the day of the year. so just a matter what you need to wear the whole time, right? that's me. so this measures radioactivity type stuff that if there were any, it would show up on the meter. this is our oxygen in case of emergency, not the best feeling to have to be this prepared between 19671978. around 826000 drums of low and intermediate level of

waste were brought here into the us a to microsoft. most of it is waste from nuclear reactors like filters or construction material, a small part as waste from research and medical facilities. but the, the also contains some of uranium amplitude you, all of the waste was stored in 13 chambers mocked here and red. and it's all still lying around today. the, for all 1st stop, we're getting as close to the nuclear waste as possible. i this is a charging chamber. charging simply means loading up above there was a crane and then came to waste the seller then come to mind, you could open the shaft here and then the barrels of waste square brought in one

by one through this whole street into the storage chamber directly underneath us, i never was come, i do this different times for, for now. do you like right under us? been going to yes, the highest point of the cone is probably right under a piece of paper from kia. these barrows were regular metal knots me to holding radiation. many may have been damaged while being brought in and it's unclear how radioactive the inside of the chamber actually is. understand here we're maybe 40 meters above the waist and the meter doesn't detect any gotten or slack what us or no. right? it says 0.000 mike, receiver and which is due to the salt strong shielding effect. right down here. we're exposed to less radiation then at the information center that kind of feeding us caught on our script as to about target and the enforced di monday or yours is suppose to cosmic radiation from space terrestrial radiation from the earth. plus the device is all around you. really ation comes from everywhere,

but here you're completely shielded from it. by the salt. i'm sure i'm justified. sold also conducts heat well, meaning that one radioactive waste can cool down without damaging the sold will significantly. on top of that country truck, it can expand and float ceiling and filling cavities of its own accord, making a talk to accommodate so great in theory, if they wasn't, it is not so tiny problem with the water. because the biggest problem to us a has is that there was a lot of water that's leaking into the tunnels. they more than $500.00 leaks in the mines. the also including the chambers with radioactive waste could fill up with this water. to stop that from happening, the operator b g e is collecting it. we're headed to the main. what's the collection point inside the mine? is it money over the phone up there? you can see stalactites on the ceiling. it's definitely went there. that was, well, that's the liquid we're catching and the storage base, and this is,

this is kind of one type of food here. i'm surprised that i can offer differentiates on what's coming out here. now is water that fully saturated with salt type? that means no more rock salt is able to dissolve into water because there's already so much of it does come to an entries here from outside of the mind. and that's what's flowing along here into the space and is about 90 percent of the solutions that comes into the mind. we're going to get at ocean's cost today about 12000 liters of water pour in every day. it has to be checked for contamination. is this water is non contaminated and can be exempted by the radiation protection agency and it can be transported above ground within the remaining 10 percent of the water to come on. i'm interested in other points of the mind, some of it close to the waste. so a small part of the water is also contaminated. right now, it's not as if this water can somehow get into the environment, right? but as we can't guarantee that this is what i mean. so we have to remove the wing, start from the speaking with somebody else,

but the incoming water is not the only problem. when the salt mine was operational, nobody stored this would become a storage place for nuclear waste to maximize profits. many tunnels with close to each of the safety precautions and support structures were reduced to a minimum to mine as much sold as possible. the pressure of the rock surrounding the sol constantly pushes against the mine and causes cracks. that's why over 90 percent of the mine have to be filled up with sold and concrete to stabilize. and also why a total of over $600.00 people walk here to one is a. and so to secure the mind the, the big question really is how could this have happened mode to dom august. then they also want to save money by reusing a mine, is that correct? laptops? funk, ls heads the after the information center. i come to a dock for months and it seems like some mine was closed in 96 the phone because it

was no longer profitable. like this just happened to be when the government was looking for a waste facility and todd into pretty shocked. and um, they ultimately decided on the also to had type of amongst the decision that's always been controversial due to the geology guys, the mines rather typically advanced angels on the risk of leg phone losing. so what's the, one of the stomachs? some of the people know back then the they might be problems who may have a problem and it had to is this, they could potentially have another one in but ultimately came to a different assessment ease of use that they had been told about the risks starting back from the growing nucleus, it needed a dumping ground fast, so the risk sweat down played the entire project was supposed to be a quick fix. with little 2 knows thoughts sped for the long term consequences. at 1st, also was declared to only be research storage facility use for medical and scientific waste only. but actually almost all of the intermediate and low level waste from

west german nuclear reactors was then dumped here in the beginning of the waste was stacked. but after a while, barrels were latrete dumped into the mind to reduce the radioactive exposure of the truck drivers. dump trucks also drove over the waste, damaging many of the barrels. energy companies didn't pay anything to store, they waste until 1975. and we don't even exactly know which type of waste was dumped because the documentation was very poorly and vaguely done in 1988, what stop leaking in multiple mining soft collapse. but the public is only informed about the magnitude of the problem almost 10 years later. in 1997 to operate the suggests closing the mind with all of the waste inside. the plan does not mention anything about the long term safety and possible contamination in 2008. the news breaks that water has been coming into contact is radioactive waste for years,

pools of contaminated water had been collecting right in front of the chambers containing it. and the operator had disposed of it inside the mind without permission. in 2010, it turns out that 10 times more intermediate nuclear waste is stored and then was estimated before years of political mishaps involving nuclear power up prompt protests across germany. finally in 2013, the lex effort isn't acted. the government decides that the mind is too dangerous and the waste needs to be taken out. i happy about that. i know there's a lot of civilization the problem is a big removal like this has never been done before. the 1st thing we need to do is explode a 13 in placement chamber,

someone up to determine the composition of the surrounding rock and the condition of the waste. extensive the up phillip, since many of the barrels of damage, no human can enter the chambers. they have to be surveyed by remote control cameras like this one and retrieved by remotely operated machines. and you shop must be built to transport the barrels out of the household owners of china. and what is the boundaries presented by the hill? because then since that's the mind continues to change, the structure you happen to lose. and so we have leaks that present a certain danger. and that is why we need to be aware that time is running out, the installment them. that means it's type is on us to box this. what else? okay, worst case scenario would be leaking that would no longer be manageable. so the, so we have to close the lines with radioactive waste, the remaining underground lighting building, when done and ready ready to go to it or could eventually come up to the service charges. and even if we ignore that frightening scenario, all of this is going to cost a lot of money. just preparing for the removal will cost and estimated 4700000000

euros. and that does not include any of the retrieval itself, which is scheduled to start in 2033. the waste is supposed to be sorted in an interim overground facility and then transported to, well where exactly that's who called what we need is the final storage place for the radioactive waste log, which we don't have yet to be the up to the ink and the size says, but now we have to store the why should temporarily stop the issue that is causing a lot of device. right now. we have an open patch of land. yeah. and they also hills for $500.00. we'd like to set up the treatment facility and the temper of a storage facility here on the upper bottom looks on log when the switch log out of this ssl plan. all those are is local opposition to the location who couldn't because the awesome mine isn't in a super remote area. only about 2 kilometers selves of it is the village of endings imaged at home to approach this group. the type of you get a co founded,

a watch that is only a national exclusive goes to be a new shaft and a new to me. and these are considerable additional burdens for this region. awesome food. these are like your it's a symbol of a time when you create a power, how to succeed, no matter what. and the long term consequences of the new technology were allowed to be down, played or ignored. the several, many different methods of contraception. the most common is sterilization. the surgical procedure that makes a man or woman inside tiles. the u. n. has estimated that more than 200000000 women weld why'd have been sterilized that so well in good if it's a personal decision. but for sterilization is still widespread.

lisa squiggle has always dreamt of having a big family. but after giving birth to 2 daughters, she was unable to have any more children or fallopian tubes had been severed by white doctors during surgery and against her. well. i had never told my family up until that point either. and this was just a couple years ago. so when i came across that report i felt validated, and i knew that what happened to me wasn't right. i just, i didn't know where i could share it was a who, who is going to believe me. the canadian government estimates that at least 12000 indigenous women had been forcibly sterilized. since the 19 seventy's list has convinced that's a figure as far higher and that the practice is still going on. there sitting was a group of 4 or 5 women. i mean, each of those women know somebody from the community who never had

a child. why? canada used to have legislation that allowed to force the realization of indigenous women. this was repealed in the early 19 seventies. but after the birth of her daughter anita pitcher needs had an experience that left her body violated and her feeling too ashamed to talk about it. you really need to get to you tube started. i said, why i want to have more babies. i'm only 26, i want more and i did it because that nurse was like, really she goes, you're going to get cancer in this and that, and i'm states like scary me. women have filed lawsuits against the authorities and a number of regional provinces including 5 class actions. the federal government has provided a $6000000.00 fund for survivors, but new legislation criminalizing forces that realizations is making very sluggish

progress. say those affected, but there is change ahead. we're on a trip with indigenous couple james and anthony to the human reservation. genes works there as a dr. wiley's husband anthony runs the new midwives program. projects like this one or at least getting some government funding like this the literally the domain of the birth of program. it's not just about 1st thing a baby. it's about doing so in a way that is culturally save that is respectful. the spirit, the child the men are putting up a t p for a very gifted craft and goes with every plan to help revive old traditions. oh and the midwives program has a personal side for him. his wife is currently pregnant again and done like the 1st time was certainly not be giving birth in the clinic or indigenous people. the hospital is not as safe. you go there,

you're already for your records that they're worried about. many levels of assault abuse and so for this next child were really hoping that things can go normally, naturally, and there's no need for hospital because of all the stress and difficulty of trauma that's come from that 1st alonda is expecting in 2 months time. she and then meet one of the new midwives atlanta is unable to talk about what was done to her during the birth of her 1st daughter lily. except that she'll never be going to a hospital again. uh, we would honestly, the most referred place would be home and sorry about 5 days of that. so number one, option of we would have to search the finally, the big day has arrived for jody gadbois cardinal to this is our 1st day on the job as a do on the, on the reservation for her a labor of love that enables her to keep her communities,

traditions alive. so we've been asking for guidance from our knowledge keepers and our elders, you know, on, on how to run this program, you know, and in a good way and bringing verse back to our community. when our women are in labor, we find them down and smudged them as they're going through their own contractions . that children should be born on the land because their ancestors were born on the line. there were born in the hospitals. a stone is passed around the women talk frankly about their hopes and fears in there. my mother had a very traumatic delivery so dramatic that you decided to never have children again. so they never sterilize her . but they sterilize to appear.

it takes a little bit of way of being afraid, you know, to become a mother that we have guidance and women like you. the midwives program is still in its infancy, but with the community soon to get its own new birth thing. house. there's a spirit of optimism, will bring healthy children and healthy content community and not through the generations. and people will begin to hill jody knows she faces high hopes and challenges and getting women here renewed courage and confidence will also protect them from injustice. the young's english headaches have rendered him almost deaf and barely able to walk. but as a neighbor accompanies him to the doctor, they 1st have to go to the local recycling facility to return plastic bottles. it's

the only way he can afford to see a doctor when yeah, the big dad, this happened to my friend is pull away and isn't insured out, but the treatment is expensive. but fortunately the clinic has this program with free treatment. if you could like plastic, like the program, as the 2 men went out specially to collect the plastic and all that, the 10 bottles are in them. a voucher from the recycling dealer. it's worth the equivalent of 10 euro cents and treatment for oh yeah. yeah. the idea was born at this clinic in chun joy, south of the capital jakarta for its founder. dr. use of new grandpa health is intrinsically linked to environmental protection. so and it's people in, during the worst hardship who he wants to help most filled up philadelphia even environmental programs are often too obscurely wooded for people to understand. so

when i do with the plastic button, this is like cutting to the edge with one stone. i mean, the people i can help comes to me and then we also get talking about environmental protection. that every day the doctor sees about 30 to 40 patients like who young, who are unable to afford insurance and therefore depend on vouchers. doctor use of treats people here for free together with 8 other doctors treating cops fever and injuries. and there's no charge for the medication besides the, the amount, the house. but i will use a kind of solidarity system with the same with patients who are able to pay more by adjust the price. the treatment is kind of it and they know that they're helping to finance the system here at the clinic. um, i'll definitely be kind of upset many in the area feel abandoned amid the mass of trash, not least since you own the landfill site shut down due to over feeling now people

through their waste into the river or burn it in their yards. there's no garbage pick up, indonesia is drowning in waste. these images from the island of bali recently went around the world. a beach covered not incense, but in plastic. a sea of trash swept in from around the world. dr. plastic, as he's affectionately known here, he's determined to make a change and turn the next generation into funding environmental list. once a month, use it from grow visits in elementary school, with waste sorting something most children in indonesia, i have never heard of today. the classes, learning about wipe, plastic bags and boxes has to be disposed of properly. no, no, it's. yeah, and you're in when i was a child myself here in chandra, we still have to clean the rivers to me. so like once

a day with drowning and plastic people just throw away trash where they line. and if you go with that piece that, that's why i come to see the children here in the hope that everything will change for the better. because i mean, i do that cannot pass on us and we have something to and upbeat outlook sec. keeps him committed to the older pupils are learning about clean drinking water. another thing that cannot be taken for granted in indonesia, which is why so many people buy bottled water, i found that he may be saw. the doctor gives them a helpful to new. i gave my fine water in bottles, i consume a lot of plastic. but if i just fill up my own bottle, i cause a lot less waste it and then gabby. and then you talk to yourself inspires me to protect the environment. just 10 percent of plastic waste in indonesia is recycled.

q and change your doctor use of patients alone, bringing up to 400 bottles a day, then there shredded and sold recycling facilities. people are always lined up to see doctor use of to day he's treating patients at the village elders. house free of charge for anyone with plastic waste and in the eighty's 69 years old also wants to see him because of muscle pain. while i was in the mosque for tuesday prayers, our village elders said we should collect bottles that he says, the doctor is coming and doing a free check ups today. he is in

the middle of his hosts living room. the doctor examines his patients and prescribes the medication. some are referred to as clinic, like 18 who will be getting a more detailed checkup at a charge of 10 bottles, and she'll get a little more privacy to my side at the same data. i can only hope that people become more careful. they appreciate the problems associated with plastic waste that you don't want. so i don't think about dr. use of new grandma called his clinic cairo pon c, hot meaning healthy hope. a name reflecting is commitment to improving the condition of the environment and who's patient's looking some most surprising insights and inspiring solutions from around the world . he gets to meet the people facing climate change, then follow us on facebook. instagram antic. tell

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