Into Eternity

Director Michael Madsen, Magic Hour Films, Film i Väst, Global HDTV / Denmark, 2010, 75’

What’s hidden in the bowels of the earth? The film follows the construction of the Onkalo nuclear waste repository in Finland, where radioactive waste will be stored in a tunnel in the bedrock. When the repository is full, it will be sealed off for eternity. Is it really as safe as official statements profess? And how can we warn our descendants of the dangers buried underground if the waste materials harmful effects will last 100 000 years.

The amount of Finnish radioactive waste scheduled to be buried in the Onkalo bedrock is only 1% of the world’s nuclear waste. In Latvia all of the radioactive waste is buried in the nuclear waste repository Radons in Baldone since 1962. The most popular waste disposal spots in the world are: the Atlantic Ocean (26 sites), the Pacific Ocean (21 sites) and the Arctic (6 sites). There have been discussions on sending waste to the Sun or other parts of the universe.

Film trailer: http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/