Swiss authorities have selected a site in northern Switzerland not far from the German border to host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste. Swiss nuclear power plants have been pumping out radioactive waste for more than half a century. France also has plans to store radioactive waste underground in clay. In Switzerland, a projected 83,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste, including some high activity waste, will have to be buried. Filling in the underground nuclear waste tombs should begin by 2060, followed by several decades of close monitoring.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2022 00:20 UTC