: a hole bored or drilled in the earth: such as
a
: an exploratory well
b
chiefly British
: a small-diameter well drilled especially to obtain water
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Positioning deep boreholes as a viable alternative for nuclear waste disposal, Deep Isolation has become the first company to actively develop and test this approach.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2026
Muller argues that even a worst-case scenario could cause economic losses to the reactor or borehole, but wouldn’t impact humans or the environment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2025
In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, an eight-hundred-and-thirty-four-unit apartment complex that’s under construction has its heating and cooling provided through three hundred boreholes, none much deeper than about a hundred and fifty metres.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2025
Deep Isolation foresees co-locating its boreholes at active and decommissioned nuclear plants, according to CEO Rod Baltzer.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2026
Muller argues that even a worst-case scenario could cause economic losses to the reactor or borehole, but wouldn’t impact humans or the environment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2025
In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, an eight-hundred-and-thirty-four-unit apartment complex that’s under construction has its heating and cooling provided through three hundred boreholes, none much deeper than about a hundred and fifty metres.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2025
Deep Isolation foresees co-locating its boreholes at active and decommissioned nuclear plants, according to CEO Rod Baltzer.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borehole. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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