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by Manuel_D 1532 days ago
Finland has operated the VLJ repository in Olkiluoto since the 1990s [1]. The linked facility is an additional one being constructed (also in Olkiluoto) to accommodate future waste.

There's also a site in Korea that's operational: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseong_Low_and_Intermediat...

These examples are easily obtained via Google: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_geological_repository

The risks posed by nuclear waste is vastly overstated. A little known fact: the USSR and the United Kingdom dumped most of their nuclear waste into the ocean until the 1990s [2]. There were no adverse affects observed due to this dumping. Yet we're worried about waste buried in bedrock?

1. https://www.tvo.fi/en/index/production/nuclearwastemanagemen...

2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactiv...