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Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in Sweden, where KBS-3 repository technologies have been tested. Anna Storm

100,000 years and counting: how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories?

Spent nuclear fuel remains dangerous for so long that languages can disappear and humanity’s very existence cannot be guaranteed. So how do we communicate information about repositories into the future?
In Saint-Laurent-Nouan, in the Loir-et-Cher region, one of 19 French power plants. Ludovic Marin/AFP

Nuclear power in France: imagining the industry’s future

Nuclear energy generates 75% of France’s electricity, and ongoing troubles at the new Flamanville EPR reactor have raised crucial questions about its future in the country’s electricity mix.

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