A nuclear waste dump for eternity

Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 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.