Finland To Build The World’s First Permanent Nuclear Waste Disposable Facility

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The Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor is currently being built at the same site that the new waste disposal facility will located. BBC World Service/Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0

Finland has approved the construction of the world’s first permanent nuclear waste disposal facility, which will be able to store the waste for 100,000 years. Built into bedrock, the facility will consist of underground tunnels at depths of between 400 and 450 meters (1,300 – 1,480 feet), which have already been built while engineers were looking into the feasibility of the project.