Futureproof Extra: Burying nuclear waste in Finland

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

English - August 15, 2023 06:30 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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In the depths of the ground in Finland, high-level radioactive nuclear waste will be buried in the world’s first such permanent storage facility of this kind. So, what does this process look like and will other countries in Europe soon be following suit? Joining Jonathan is journalist Erika Benke who has been writing about this for the BBC.