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Key borehole drilling underway at Finland waste site

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Borehole drilling is underway at Finland’s deep geological repository as Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva Oy said last week it has begun drilling the first underground deposition hole.
Posiva said in its Aug. 27 company update that the operation…

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