Sound recordings from beneath the sea Researcher Annie InnesGold deploys a hydrophone used to listen in on ocean sounds Credit Dava Watson thumbnailhealing Canada A movement of Indigenous Guardians across Canada are stewarding their traditional lands and waters and redefining what conservation can look like Credit Pat Kane Photo thumbnail ADVERTISEMENT FUTURE PLANET NUCLEAR The place where no humans will tread for years Share using Email Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Image credit.
Erika Benke Tunnel in Onkalo Finlands nuclear waste Mobile App Development Service storage site Credit Erika Benke By Erika Benke th August In a few years Finland will begin depositing spent nuclear fuel underground in Onkalo where it will remain for millennia. Erika Benke describes her experience of visiting the site. I Im always upbeat on the way to interviews. To me theyre the most enjoyable part of the storytelling process. But this time I feel different. A tour at Onkalo which lies m ft below the ground to see tunnels hewn in the living rock to store highly radioactive waste for years suddenly makes me nervous.
FINLANDS PLAN TO BURY SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL FOR MILLENNIA Finland is on the verge of becoming the first nation to bury spent nuclear fuel rods deep underground for the long term. Read about the science and the controversies behind the scheme in Erika Benkes accompanying indepth article for BBC Future Planet. Im about to visit the worlds first permanent storage site for spent nuclear fuel. As I drive on a nearempty road in southwest Finland I slow down trying to imagine what this picturepostcard Nordic countryside with huge pine trees would look like in years. Or .
