deep geological repository

A deep geological repository is a way of storing hazardous or radioactive waste within a stable geologic environment, typically 200–1,000 m below the surface of the earth. It entails a combination of waste form, waste package, engineered seals and geology that is suited to provide a high level of long-term isolation and containment without future maintenance. This is intended to prevent radioactive dangers. A number of mercury, cyanide and arsenic waste repositories are operating worldwide including Canada and Germany. Radioactive waste storage sites are under construction with the Onkalo in Finland being the most advanced.

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final deposition
nuclear waste site, subterranea, 
Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory, subterranea, Morsleben radioactive waste repository, Konrad mine, Důl Bratrství, 

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  Asse II mine ⓘ
  former salt mine: deep geological repository in Lower Saxony, Germany

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  Důl Bratrství ⓘ
  

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  Konrad mine ⓘ
  mine in Germany

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  Leitmeritz concentration camp ⓘ
  subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp

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  Morsleben radioactive waste repository ⓘ
  deep geological repository in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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  Radium Hill ⓘ
  mine in Australia

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
classes	subterranea		final storage of radioactive waste in Sweden	deep geological repository	Wikidata
classes	subterranea		Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory	deep geological repository, underground research laboratory	Wikidata
site	mine		Asse II mine	deep geological repository, Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung, radioactive waste repository, salt mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Důl Bratrství	uranium mine, deep geological repository	Wikidata
site	mine		Konrad mine	Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung, iron mine, deep geological repository	Wikidata
site	mine		Leitmeritz concentration camp	underground limestone mine, U-Verlagerung, deep geological repository, concentration camp	Wikidata
site	mine		Morsleben radioactive waste repository	Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung, deep geological repository, Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallstoffe, salt mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Radium Hill	uranium mine, deep geological repository, mine	Wikidata