This could become the most radioactive place on earth

Over a quarter of a million tons of highly radioactive waste is just sitting around across the globe, in some cases leaching toxins into the environment. And nobody knows what to exactly to dowith it – except for Finland. We visit the the only high-level nuclear waste storage site in the world. #Planet A #NuclearWaste #NuclearWasteStorage Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer Camera: Florian Kroker Video editor: Neven Hillebrands Supervising editors: Joanna Gottschalk, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Michael Trobridge We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Read more: English site with information about the final repository Onkalo: https://www.posiva.fi/en/index/finaldisposal/researchandfinaldisposalfacilitiesatonkalo.html Types of nuclear waste: https://www.nrc.gov/waste.html Studies about copper canister corrosion: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010938X2200751X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010938X21001566 Scientific debate based on previous studies: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010938X23001786 https://cris.vtt.fi/en/publications/reply-to-comment-on-penetration-of-corrosive-species-into-copper- Special thanks to the interview partners whose expertise was essential for the video: David Shoesmith, Jinshan Pan, Johan Swahn, Katy Huff, Markku Lehtonen, Matti Kojo, Päivi Mäenalanen, Wolfram König Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Onkalo History 02:35 Onkalo Geology 03:38 Types of Nuclear Waste 08:50 Eurajoki: The Community 10:45 Transferability 12:32 Conclusion