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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.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250116073617/https://www.arctictoday.com/sweden-starts-building-100000-year-storage-site-for-spent-nuclear-fuel/

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[–] davidgro 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that is awesome, but the thumbnail image is totally giving T-Virus vibes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Had to look it up myself.

The T-Virus from the Resident Evil series:

[–] davidgro 6 points 2 weeks ago

Also The Hive, just being huge and underground:

(Picture of The Hive from Resident Evil)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

[...] will consist of 60 km of tunnels buried 500 metres down in 1.9 billion year old bedrock.

Are 500 meters deep enough?

[–] BradleyUffner 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's way more than is needed to block any radiation.

[–] obolstitelkisok 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What about archeologists of a distant future?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Start turning the words to don't change colour kitty

[–] satans_methpipe 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think that's still being debated or decided or refined. Warnings or signage need to be interpreted correctly in 80,000 years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Google hostile architecture for nuclear waste sites.

It's better than a skull and crossbones in my opinion

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

500m is the industry standard depth for deep geological repositories for nuclear waste

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

New place of honor dropped

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

What SCP containment site is that?