These tunnels are designed for 100,000 years

Onkalo, on the Finnish island of Olkiluoto, is planned to be the first geologic storage facility for high-level nuclear waste: eventually sealed for 100,000 years. I got to see inside.

(you can find contact details and social links there too)

[TomScottGo]

There's some difficult audio in here, thanks to background noise - but as with all my videos, full English subtitles are available. Volunteer translations are currently on hold while YouTube sorts out a spam problem; hopefully they'll be back soon!

[sksthrowaway]

Alternate title: “Super Scott’s Origin Story”

[benbrown]

Tom went to Finland to film a river and shot this while waiting for the taxi to the airport...

[YellowBunny]

"There is little reason for digging this deep, particularly here..."
It would have been awkward if they had dug their tunnels only to find that nuclear waste had already been buried there.

[gustavbw]

"But in their greed, the dwarfes dug deeper and deeper. Deeper than any before. And down there, they found something long forgotten. Something from another age of shadow and fire..."

[TheLoraymond]

so THAT'S WHY Tom took a 15 second shot of the "shortest river" in Finland last video.

[kbschannel]

Tom "curses aren't real.."
Also Tom: *cursed with looking 22 for the rest of his life*

[jordangeiger]

See you all in 100, 000 years when YouTube recommends this again...

[Steets]

The tone of this video is absolutely astounding. The ominous howling in the tunnels, the matter-of-fact tone of both Tom and the guest speakers, everything. It is genuinely humbling to think this facility is intended to last. Forever.

[HYPER-FREEZER]

So you're telling me you weren't in Finland just for the 10 second river clip?

[AbsolXGuardian]

The end stuff reminded me of a story I read about someone's DnD game were the dungeon was actually a nuclear waste facility from a long gone civilization. All the things to warn people away, and all the skeletons around and in the dungeon, just enticed the players more

[lewisd]

There's a very simple solution to stop people from the future digging down to 400m, bury the waste at 500m down. *Finland applauds the ingenuity - I clasp my hands together above my head and enjoy the praise heaped upon me*

[BriggsA]

"Wow, this place looks super honourable.
I hope there are some valuable things here.
I hope some cool deeds are esteemed here!"

[evandavis]

In Norway: A deep tunnel filled with seeds to save us in the future.

In Finland: A deep tunnel designed to protect the future from us.

[tipetu]

To quote some Finnish guys "It is dangerous and we must deal with it"

[lfchjort]

I've got to say I've never heard anyone speak with such a heavy accent and still be able to express themseves so eloquently and clearly as that Finnish lady.

[jamiereid]

Ideal solution to keep it protected would be a mix of both. Completely hide it so no one has any idea what is there, but at points underground if someone were to dig have warnings and markings before they reach the actual containment facility.

[daa]

In the documentary called "Into Eternity" the people who were designing Onkalo joked that what they should do, if they accidentally dug up a similiar copper barrel they were planning to hide themselves. Interesting doc which is worth checking out.

[FuzzyNinjaful]

One of my favorite proposed solutions devised for Yucca Mountain was to genetically engineer cats to change color in the presence of radiation.

Then pass along stories of glowing cats signifying danger. The idea being that legends and superstitions last longer than any language or signage we could decide.

[GlennTillema]

"Now, if I remember my training correctly,
one of the lessons was titled, “Don’t Dig Up The Big Box of Plutonium, Mark...”" - Mark Watney