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In Finland, radioactive spent nuclear fuel soon to be buried underground

The elevator display reads "433", the number of meters below ground. The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel.

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The World's First Nuclear Waste Tomb Is Nearly Ready to Open

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In Finland, radioactive spent nuclear fuel soon to be buried underground

With space for 6,500 tons of uranium, a new facility in Finland is aimed at providing permanent storage for spent fuel from Finland's five nuclear reactors.

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Finland Advances Its Plan to Store Spent and Radioactive Nuclear Fuel Underground

Eurajoki, Finland. The elevator screen marks "433", the depth underground. The doors open and let see the entrance of what should become the first place in the world of definitive storage for used nuclear fuel. Excavated in a stable rocky massif of 1.9 billion years in Eurajoki, in southwestern Finland, the geological warehouse of spent nuclear waste, named Onkalo ('caverna', in Finnish), is practically ready to go into operation. The storage of…

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