A nuclear waste dump for eternity

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France has found a €25 billion solution to the unanswerable question of what to do with its high-level nuclear waste - bury it deep underground.
While nuclear energy has a small carbon footprint, its waste still produces a puzzling problem for the industry. For the moment, it is treated and held in temporary sites but the plan is to store it 500 metres below the Earth's surface.
Our team from Down to Earth went to the most radioactive waste site in Europe where the spent fuel is waiting to be buried, before visiting the underground tunnels that may be the final resting place for this indestructible toxic trash.

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[BADDONE]

This makes me realize how every industry has created a number of sub industries to deal with the problems created by the initial industry.

[SpencerOilChangeLOL]

i think the key takeaway from this is the fact that nuclear is probably the ONLY source of energy that is being held publically accountable for the poisons it produces in a proper manner, while also being so highly efficient at doing its job.

[Willbotx]

They need to hurry up and continue work on the designs of the reactors that run on waste fuel.

[thefirehawk]

2kg of nuclear fuel per person per year? Are you nuts? This is totally wrong, go run the numbers please.

[thefirehawk]

The high level waste isn't a real problem at all, most scientists say just bury it deep and be done with it. In fact, that's where the nuclear material came from in the first place, from a hole in the ground.

[Neoentrophy]

These risks are minor in the grand scheme of things.
Nuclear power is scary because if it goes wrong it can kill, however normal fossil fuels kill more people per year than all nuclear disasters from history combined when they are working normally.

[goodsamaritan]

We are leaving a major headache for future generations to cleanup. Unfair and very unfortunate....

[fredericbard]

What nobody ever talks about regarding nuclear energy is that the longer the half life for a radioisotope, the more stable it is. Nuclear waste that is safely stored underground is not toxic to the environment. It is one of the most environmentally friendly types of waste you can get per energy produced. Even solar panels generate significantly more waste in the long run.

[leileijoker]

Greenpeace raised an alarm? Then there must be nothing to worry about.

[mna]

What a documentary from French 24, keep it, bring more documentary on essential topics.

[DennisCambly]

In 10, 000 years archeologists will be in for a surprise while wondering what idiots buried this stuff

[z]

Who is it cheap for? My electric bill is not cheap.

[MrNed]

And to think Macron is worried about Europe's carbon footprint!

[jlsoldwood]

How is it “cheap”

to bury Nuke waste in fancy storage areas .. thousands of feet down ..

[nothinglessthanepic]

Would you fly on a airplane if you knew it could never land?

[duggydugg]

keep wondering if nuclear waste could be put into a controlled chain reaction to end it's radioactivity

[Escanor-Sun]

What is the dosimeter say?"
"15, 000"
"Not great, not ter...hold up, that's terrible"

[brandoYT]

"Into Eternity" keeps getting removed from YouTube - so watch while you can (seems Swedish & Finland film makers keep doing new clips (search to find about an hour long). FINLAND

[edwardwright]

You figured out how to make the waste and get the energy out of it. Figure out a way to reverse the waste to make it useful again and not toxic. Or is that too easy of a solution?

[Rsmith]

Hopefully it'll only be 3.6 Roentgen when our future generations come across these sites...