Sweden started building a final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel on Wednesday, only the second such site in the world, where highly radioactive waste will be stored for 100,000 years.
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davidgro@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
I think that is awesome, but the thumbnail image is totally giving T-Virus vibes.
Bubs@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Had to look it up myself.
The T-Virus from the Resident Evil series:
davidgro@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Also The Hive, just being huge and underground:
lnxtx@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
Are 500 meters deep enough?
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
It's way more than is needed to block any radiation.
obolstitelkisok@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
What about archeologists of a distant future?
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Start turning the words to don't change colour kitty
satans_methpipe@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
I think that's still being debated or decided or refined. Warnings or signage need to be interpreted correctly in 80,000 years.
TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Google hostile architecture for nuclear waste sites.
It's better than a skull and crossbones in my opinion
TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
500m is the industry standard depth for deep geological repositories for nuclear waste
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
New place of honor dropped
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
What SCP containment site is that?