Finland's subterranean nuclear waste solution | FT Rethink
Financial Times · 2026-10-07 · 5 min

Finland's subterranean nuclear waste solution | FT Rethink

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Nuclear power generates around one-tenth of the world’s electricity, but it has also produced hundreds of thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste. Before it is sealed for all eternity, the FT’s Richard Milne explores the deep vault where Finland is about to start burying its nuclear waste in ancient bedrock.

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