Sweden starts building 100,000 year storage site for spent nuclear fuel
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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I think that is awesome, but the thumbnail image is totally giving T-Virus vibes.
Had to look it up myself.
The T-Virus from the Resident Evil series:
Also The Hive, just being huge and underground:
Are 500 meters deep enough?
It's way more than is needed to block any radiation.
What about archeologists of a distant future?
Start turning the words to don't change colour kitty
I think that's still being debated or decided or refined. Warnings or signage need to be interpreted correctly in 80,000 years.
Google hostile architecture for nuclear waste sites.
It's better than a skull and crossbones in my opinion
500m is the industry standard depth for deep geological repositories for nuclear waste
New place of honor dropped
What SCP containment site is that?