Into Eternity
Every day, the world over, large amounts of
high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed
in interim storages, which are vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made
disasters, and to societal changes.
In Finland
the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock –
a huge system of underground tunnels – that must last 100,000 years as
this is how long the waste remains hazardous.
Once
the waste has been deposited and the repository is full, the facility
is to be sealed off and never opened again. Or so we hope, but can we
ensure that?
And how is it possible to warn our
descendants of the deadly waste we left behind? How do we prevent them
from thinking they have found the pyramids of our time, mystical burial
grounds, hidden treasures? Which languages and signs will they
understand? And if they understand, will they respect our instructions?
While
gigantic monster machines dig deeper and deeper into the dark, experts
above ground strive to find solutions to this crucially important
radioactive waste issue to secure mankind and all species on planet
Earth now and in the near and very distant future.
Captivating,
wondrous and extremely frightening, this feature documentary takes
viewers on a journey never seen before into the underworld and into the
future.