Upset by this move, Weiss took leave from his position as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, and began making public appearances in opposition to the plant.
Later, as a member of the Bavarian state government, he continued to oppose nuclear plants.
In 2007, Professor Weiss received the Nuclear-Free Future Lifetime Achievement Award.
[2][3] The intercalation in clay minerals was major research interest during the start of his academic career.
Urea has been used as compound for the production of high quality china for a long time but the mechanism of action was first described by Weiss in 1961.