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Final repositories are being built in other countries, including neighbouring Sweden and France, but Finland is expected to be first to open an underground storage solution.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The waste currently cooled in water pools at an interim storage site, at the nearby Olkiluoto power plant next to the Baltic Sea, will be first to be deposited, Bordarier said.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

These will be first overseas crowds she will have seen since visiting Boston with her husband Prince William in December 2022.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

College coaches told me that summer they couldn’t wait to be first in line to recruit him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

“It’ll have to be first thing tomorrow morning,” said Razi.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook




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