Atommülllager Gorleben, Nuclear waste repository in Gorleben, Germany
The Atommülllager Gorleben served as a provisional storage facility for high-level radioactive waste.
Controversy since its establishment in the 1970s has marked Gorleben's history as a nuclear waste site.
Protests and anti-nuclear activism around Gorleben highlight Germany's environmental movement.
Gorleben's facility was never officially made into a permanent repository due to intense public opposition.
The site includes a visitor mine, allowing insight into the underground storage chambers.
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