Nuclear dustbin that will stay locked for 1,00,000 years is almost ready

Key points

• Humans are finally close to creating the world's first repository to dump nuclear waste in and lock it for around 1,00,000 years, the duration it will take the radioactive material to decay to roughly the same level as natural uranium ore in the ground.
• The nuclear dustbin is located deep beneath a Finnish forest, with tunnels blasted into billion-year-old rock that might soon hold the world's most dangerous waste.
• Step into the lift inside a cave in Finland and descend until the lift flashes 433. That is the number of metres below ground in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, where humanity is preparing to bury spent radioactive fuel left over from decades of nuclear power generation.
• One of the underground tunnels in Finland.
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