a deep deposit over 150000000 years old it's been there so long so if you can look back 150000000 years you can imagine 1000000 years from now and that's when i knew nothing of. germany is set to close all of its nuclear plants by 2022 and then as the country shifts to renewables it will have 10 years to find the right location for the final disposal of its high level radioactive waste. reprocessing waste is one of the most dangerous aspects of using to fear energy that's what's done in facilities like the law ugh nuclear recycling and reprocessing plant in france it's been around for 50 years and has seen its share of dangerous incidents and there are also claims that the fight regularly contaminates local groundwater it's a risky business a profitable. nuclear fuel has to be kept cool in pools