Belgium Builds Its First Permanent Nuclear Cemetery
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In Dessel, waste management company Niras has begun construction of the very first repository for low-level nuclear waste. The €2.6 billion project is intended to shield crates containing nuclear waste from the outside world for 350 years. "If a family moves in here soon, keeping cows and growing their own vegetables, that shouldn't be a problem at all."


Belgium has begun the construction of its first cemetery to store radioactive waste forever, a project that should be completed in five years and which supports the country’s renewed nuclear ambitions. The warehouse, located in the Flemish town of Dessel (north-east), will serve to store low and medium-activity waste for hundreds or thousands of years. “This means that, in contact, they emit about half of the radiation that, for example, a medic…
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