Christian Gosberg (R), Mining Engineer of the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE), and Ben Samwer, project manager of the Konrad repository, talk in one of the tunnels earmarked to hold nuclear waste of the Schacht Konrad former iron-ore mine on October 21, 2024 near Salzgitter, central Germany. Work is underway to convert the former iron mine into a final storage for more than 300,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. The subterranean site is meant to start operating in the early 2030s. (Photo by Ronny Hartmann / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by SEBASTIEN ASH