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Nuclear waste lasting “Into Eternity”

‘Into Eternity’ – A Nuclear Future, With Or Without Us : Film Review, NPR, 2 Feb 2011 Into Eternity is a documentary about a massive crypt called Onkalo (Finnish for “hiding place”), the world’s first permanent underground vault for nuclear detritus. The movie considers the practical problems of burying the deadly stuff so effectively that it won’t be disturbed during the hundreds of centuries necessary for it to decay. But because the time frame is so long — far longer than recorded human history — these problems become philosophical, even mystical……
Scientists discuss the risks and acknowledge that Onkalo won’t contain even all of Finland’s nuke waste — to say nothing of any other country’s. What animates the film is the otherworldliness of the under-construction project and the paradoxes the finished Onkalo will embody….. Movie Reviews – ‘Into Eternity’ – A Nuclear Future, With Or Without Us : NPR

February 2, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general