Swedish nuclear fuel and waste management company SKB has been carrying out climate research in Greenland that provides “concrete insights” into processes that are important for analysing the long-term safety of nuclear fuel storage.
Researchers drilled a hole about 700 meters deep in the bedrock under the Greenland ice sheet to study how the presence of the ice sheet affects groundwater conditions.
Researchers drilled a hole about 700 meters deep in the bedrock under the Greenland ice sheet to study how the presence of the ice sheet affects groundwater conditions.
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