In 2015, the Finnish government became the first country in the world to approve the construction of a deep underground storage facility for nuclear waste, it will be operational in 2023, informs Nature magazine.
The vault is located on the island of Olkiluoto, off the southwest coast of Finland. In total, up to 6,500 tons of radioactive uranium will be placed in copper vessels, then covered with clay and buried in granite rock tunnels 400 meters deep. Nuclear material will remain tightly sealed for several hundred thousand years, during which time radiation levels will be safe.
In addition to opening a nuclear waste storage facility, scientists will also intensively research ways to edit the human genome, find cures for Alzheimer’s disease, as well as vaccines for malaria, tuberculosis and genital herpes, according to the journal.
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