Sweden’s 100,000-Year Solution to Nuclear Waste

Sweden is building a $1 billion nuclear waste deposit—over 500 meters deep in solid bedrock. It’s built to hold the country’s nuclear waste for the next 100,000 years. Finally solving the long-standing problem of securely and permanently disposing high-level radioactive waste.

But, how exactly is it going to work?
And how can we guarantee its safety over such a long period of time?

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0:00 Sweden’s 100,000-Year Solution to Nuclear Waste
0:43 Introducing Myself
1:45 The Nuclear Waste Problem
5:22 Forsmark Spent Fuel Repository
6:45 How the Site Was Selected
7:44 What It Will Look Like
8:53 Construction Timeline
9:47 Potential Problems
10:22 How It’s All Going to Work
14:00 Final Thoughts

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