{"id":134661,"date":"2017-09-12T07:03:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T13:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134661"},"modified":"2017-09-12T17:12:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T23:12:34","slug":"finns-moving-forward-permanent-nuclear-waste-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/12\/finns-moving-forward-permanent-nuclear-waste-storage.html","title":{"rendered":"The Finns are moving forward with permanent nuclear waste storage"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the radioactive elephant in the room about nuclear energy — nuclear plants generate waste, and that waste is dangerous for tens of thousands of years, and what the hell do you do with it?<\/p>\n

The answer to date from countries using nuclear plants is to stick it in metal drums in ponds (to cool it) and hope someone figures out a long-term solution before the drums rust through.<\/p>\n

Finland is tired of waiting. It thinks it has a decent solution now that will serve for the extremely long period that the waste needs to be stored, and are proceeding with same. It’s not clear that the combination of geography, geology,, Finnish government, and community approval is transferable to other nations (these remain, in the US at least, an intractable problem), but I have to applaud them for taking action that sounds reasonable and makes as much sense as anything else proposed.<\/p>\n


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\nThe World\u2019s First Permanent Nuclear-Waste Repository<\/a><\/span>
\nBuried deep under an island in the Baltic, the project is nearing completion. If all goes according to plan, future generations may not know it\u2019s there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It’s the radioactive elephant in the room about nuclear energy — nuclear plants generate waste, and that waste is dangerous for tens of thousands of years, and what the hell do you do with it? 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