STOCKHOLM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Sweden's government gave the go-ahead on Thursday for the building of a storage facility to keep the country's spent nuclear fuel safe for the next 100,000 years.
"The Swedish government has today made a completely historic and unique decision that makes it safe to proceed with a final repository," Environment Minister Annika Strandhall told reporters at a news conference.
Sweden's nuclear power plants have produced around 8,000 tonnes of highly radioactive waste - including spent fuel - since they started operating in the 1970s. (Reporting by Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander)
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