Sweden starts building 100,000 year storage site for spent nuclear fuel
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/sweden-starts-building-100000-year-storage-site-spent-nuclear-fuel-2025-01-15/
Sweden starts building 100,000 year storage site for spent nuclear fuel
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/sweden-starts-building-100000-year-storage-site-spent-nuclear-fuel-2025-01-15/
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Sweden started building a final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel on Wednesday, only the second such site in the world, where highly radioactive waste will be stored for 100,000 years.
Finland is the only country close to completing a permanent storage site.
Canada could easily build such a facility/grave for nuclear waste.
The bedrock that stretches from the eastern parts of Quebec/Labrador and swings west and upwards towards the NWT is some of the oldest in the world and is as large as the Nordic countries.
Which is kinda dumb. Its like taking used batteries today and sealing them in concrete, when we know that recycling the materials in the batteries is pretty usefull and will only get more cost effective with time. Same with spent nuclear material. Store it safely in bedrock, but keep it accessible because in 50-100y time we’re going to want to use that.