Finland nearing opening of world’s first permanent nuclear waste repository
- Facilities are being built in many countries, but Finland is the first to licence its underground storage facility.
- Finland has granted an operating licence for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel.
- The government handed Onkalo, in western Finland, the licence on Thursday, waste management company Posiva said.
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- Facilities are being built in many countries, but Finland is the first to licence its underground storage facility.
- Finland has granted an operating licence for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel.
- The government handed Onkalo, in western Finland, the licence on Thursday, waste management company Posiva said.
Sources: Al Jazeera