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Q&A: Is there a safe way to store nuclear waste? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service

Would it be better to have solar panels in Antarctica or the Sahara Desert? And is there a safe way to store nuclear waste?

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This week on The Climate Question, we are answering your questions.

Host Graihagh Jackson is joined by BBC climate editor Justin Rowlatt, senior climate reporter for Bloomberg News Akshat Rathi, and Caroline Steel, presenter of BBC CrowdScience.

Our expert panel explain whether Antarctica could be covered in solar panels, if solar power in the Sahara could power the world, and why Finland is leading the way in nuclear waste storage.

00:00 Introduction
00:52 Solar in Antarctica - a win-win?
03:47 Solar in the Sahara - power for the whole world?
06:47 The best conditions for solar power
07:06 The downsides of solar in the Sahara
08:30 Can we store nuclear waste safely?
12:12 How important is nuclear power?
13:45 The world’s most complex machines

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