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Finnish nuclear dump raises concern while US industry considers expanding

AUG 16, 2007
Physics Today
Various: NPR investigates the latest news on the nuclear industry. In one report , Emily Harris visits the worlds first deep underground waste storage in Finland. The dump is scheduled to open in 2020, but some Finnish groups are concerned how the waste will cope with being buried for thousands of years. In a separate report John Ydstie talks to Fortune magazine’s David Whitford about the future of the nuclear power industry. See also a Stronger Future for Nuclear Power, Physics Today February 2006, page 19 .

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