Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock – a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.

"This hiding place should never be disturbed."

Credits

Michael MadsenDirector

Carl Reinhold Bråkenhjelm

Michael Madsen

Wendla Paile

Esko Roukola