In a few years, Finland will begin depositing spent nuclear fuel underground in Onkalo, where it will remain for millennia. Erika Benke describes her experience of visiting the site.
Finland's solution to nuclear waste
"Have you ever been in an emergency down there?”, I ask one of our guides, Johanna Hansen, research and development coordinator at Posiva.I feel a moment of dread – I'm standing at a spot where, starting from 2025, no human should set foot for 100,000 years It takes 15 minutes to drive down to Onkalo's service station which lies 437m below the ground. As the 4.5km-long tunnel begins to snake down, we see a standard traffic sign for a 20km/h speed limit. There are also green signs on the tunnel wall at regular intervals indicating how far we are from the surface.
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