SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 6, 2025Interesting Engineering

Sweden unveils 100,000-year ‘key information’ plan to keep nuclear graveyard alive

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Sweden is constructing a nuclear waste storage facility to secure radioactive material for 100,000 years. Linköping University researchers developed a "Key Information File" (KIF) to inform future generations about the buried waste. The 42-page document uses various engaging elements to introduce the SHIRE method for long-term knowledge preservation. The facility will be located deep underground in bedrock, becoming the world's second geological nuclear waste repository after Finland's.

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