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1 Nov 2026
🇫🇮 What is said about Finland
Finland became the first country in the world to approve a repository for radioactive nuclear waste. The facility is 400 meters underground on an island in western Finland, at one of the country’s two nuclear power plants, and took around 40 years to complete. The article describes Finland as the country making the fastest progress worldwide on nuclear waste disposal.
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Finland has become the first country with a final storage facility for nuclear waste. Finland recently became the first country in the world to approve a final storage facility for nuclear waste. It is located 400 meters underground on an island in western Finland, at the site of one of the country's two nuclear power plants. The project took around 40 years to complete. Finland is certainly the country making the fastest progress worldwide.
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