A committee in the municipality for various reasons rejected to include the project in local territorial planning, said committee member Heino Baumgarten from the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

With a total height of 250 metres, Areva’s machine would be the largest in the world so far, which could pose a problem as the closest building developments are only 1,400 metres away, Drochtersen mayor Hans-Wilhelm Bösch told Recharge.

“That