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Finland: Nuclear waste disposal facility wanted

Kiyo Dörrer
August 14, 2023

The world's first nuclear waste repository is being built off Finland's west coast on the island of Olkiluoto. Highly radioactive waste will soon be buried deep underground there.

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Kiyo Dörrer
Kiyo Dörrer Videojournalist based in Berlin.@KiyoDoerrer
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