Finland has taken a historic step towards the opening of the world's first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel, granting an operating licence for the Onkalo facility on Thursday, waste management company Posiva has announced. The licence, awarded by the Finnish government, marks a milestone in the decades-long effort to find a safe, long-term solution for high-level nuclear waste, though the facility is not yet operational and no exact opening date has been set.
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World's first permanent underground nuclear waste repository