An aerial view shows the location of an earlier exploratory drilling of the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) near the Haberstal area, which NAGRA confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd WIegmann 

Steam rises from the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant KKW Leibstadt of Swiss energy company Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG behind the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd WIegmann 

Steam rises from the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant KKW Leibstadt of Swiss energy company Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG behind the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd WIegmann 

Steam rises from the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant KKW Leibstadt of Swiss energy company Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG behind the district of Raat near the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border in the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd WIegmann 

An aerial view shows the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

An aerial view shows the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A farmhouse is seen in the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

An aerial view shows the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

An aerial view shows the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

An aerial view shows a gravel pit in front of the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A farmhouse is seen in the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A tractor drives on a road in front of the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A passenger aircraft flies above the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A passenger aircraft flies above the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A farmhouse is seen in the Haberstal area, which the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) confirmed to be the favoured location for an underground nuclear waste storage site, close to the German border near the village of Stadel, Switzerland September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Hwang Bun-hee, 74, marches with mock radioactive waste and a coffin during a weekly protest to demand relocation plans and measures to prevent them from unwanted radiation exposure, in front of Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju, South Korea, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 

Ex-military ammunition storage where Croatia will build radioactive waste storage is pictured near Dvor, Croatia, May 24, 2022. Picture is taken May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic 

Josip Lebegner, director of the Croatian Fund for financing the decommissioning and disposal of the NUK radioactive waste, poses for the picture in ex-military ammunition storage where Croatia will build radioactive waste storage, near Dvor, Croatia, May 24, 2022. Picture is taken May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic 

Entrance to ex-military complex where Croatia will build radioactive waste storage near Dvor, Croatia, May 24, 2022. Picture is taken May 24, 2022. Sign reads "do not approach, there is a great danger of mines in this area". REUTERS/Antonio Bronic 

Ex-military ammunition storage where Croatia will build radioactive waste storage is pictured near Dvor, Croatia, May 24, 2022. Picture is taken May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic 

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze leaves after giving a statement following publication of an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze leaves after giving a statement following publication of an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze puts on a face mask after giving a statement following publication of an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze wears a face mask after giving a statement following publication of an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze gives a statement after publication of an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze gives a statement after publication of an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze gives a statement after publication of an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Steffen Kanitz and Stefan Studt show a Map of Sub-areas of selected location during a news conference on an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Board management member Steffen Kanitz of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE) attends a news conference for publication an interim report in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

A photographer takes photos of Steffen Kanitz and Stefan Studt showing a Map of Sub-areas of selected location during a news conference on an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Board management members Steffen Kanitz and Stefan Studt of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE) hold a news conference for publication an interim report in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Board management member Steffen Kanitz of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE) gestures as he attends a news conference for publication an interim report in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Board management member Stefan Studt of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE) attends a news conference for publication an interim report in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Board management member Steffen Kanitz of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE) attends a news conference for publication an interim report in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Board management members Steffen Kanitz and Stefan Studt of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE) hold a news conference for publication an interim report in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Steffen Kanitz and Stefan Studt show a Map of Sub-areas of selected location during a news conference on an interim report of German's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fuer Endlagerung, BGE), in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse - REFILE - CORRECTING HEADLINE 

Employees of a shopping mall remove barrels during a picket held by Greenpeace activists to protest against importing radioactive waste into Russia for storage in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov 

A pedestrian walks past barrels during a picket held by Greenpeace activists to protest against importing radioactive waste into Russia for storage in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov 

Pedestrians walk past barrels during a picket held by Greenpeace activists to protest against importing radioactive waste into Russia for storage in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov 

A Greenpeace activist pickets near a Christmas tree and a figure of Ded Moroz, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, during a protest against importing radioactive waste into Russia for storage in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 17, 2019. The banner reads "Russia is not a nuclear landfill!" REUTERS/Anton Vaganov 

A drill head is seen at the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A drill head is seen at the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Journalists stand in front of the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, during a media visit near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Workers stand in front of the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Workers are seen behind drill pipes at the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A drill core lies in a scanning device at the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

The rig is seen on the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A drill core lies in a scanning device at the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A worker walks behind drill pipes at the drilling site of an exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

The drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, is seen near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A worker prepares a drill head at the drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

The drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, is seen near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

An information board stands in front of the drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A general view shows the drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A worker is seen at the drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A general view shows the drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A worker prepares a drill head at the drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A worker prepares a drill head at the drilling site of a exploratory borehole of Nagra, the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, near Buelach, Switzerland April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Lights illuminate an elevator shaft at the Cigeo project, a nuclear laboratory and underground storage facility site operated by French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra) in Bure, France April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier