All 6 reactors from theFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant are planned to be decommissioned by this time. (30 to 40 years from 2021)[18] However, according to a 2023 report byVoice of America, some experts have said "it would be impossible to remove all the melted fuel debris by 2051 and would take 50-100 years, if achieved at all."[19]
2079: For computer software using unsigned 16-bit binary day counts and an epoch of 1 January 1900, the counts will overflow after 65,536 (216) days, which will occur on 6 June 2079.
2080s
"2081" redirects here. For the short film, see2081 (film).
"2085" redirects here. For the song by AJR, seeThe Maybe Man.
"2088" redirects here. For the 2016 album, seeTwenty88.
2117: In relation to the 2115 release of the100 Years short film, A song titled "100 Years", composed byPharrell Williams, will be released to the public. The song was performed by Williams at a private party inShanghai, China, in 2017. The song is said to have addressed global warming.[40]
2140s
"2140" redirects here. For the video game, seeEarth 2140.
2333: It is projected that theDounreay nuclear site will be safe to use for other purposes.[44]
2353: Thedate of Easter as conventionally calculated will be fiveweeks earlier than its hypothetical date according to astronomical principles, in a "negative equinoctial paradox". Along with 2372, this will be one of only two such occurrences between 2020 and 4000.[45]
2372: The date of Easter will see another "negative equinoctial paradox", this time four weeks earlier than its hypothetical date. This will be the last such occurrence before the year 4000.[45]
2386: If not repealed or otherwise voided, theTreaty of Windsor (1386) between England and Portugal, currently the oldest military alliance still in effect, will have stood for one thousand years.[46]
2391:Palm Sunday andSaint Patrick's Day will coincide for the first time since 1940; the "wearing of the shamrock and the palm together" was seen as presaging a great event inIreland.[47][48]
2531: Professor Hiroshi Yoshida ofTohoku University conducted a study in 2024 which suggests every Japanese person will have thesurname "Satō" unless a law regulating couples to a single surname is not changed before this time.[53][54]
27th century
2640: On 5 September, the 639-year-long performance ofJohn Cage's organ workAs Slow as Possible (begun in 2001) is scheduled to finish at the St. Burchardi Church inHalberstadt, Germany.[55]
2800: The secondcentury leap year in the 3rd millennium, in accordance with theGregorian calendar. TheRevised Julian Calendar, however, observes a leap year in 2900 instead; those Orthodox Churches (e.g. Greek) using the Revised Julian Calendar to calculate fixed-date feasts will, if no changes are made to the calendar before then, celebrate fixed-date feasts a day earlier than Catholic and Protestant churches from March 2800 until February 2900. For example, through this century, such Orthodox Churches will be celebratingChristmas Day while simultaneously Catholic and Protestant churches are markingChristmas Eve.[57]
29th century
"2894" redirects here. For the novel, see2894 (novel).
2847: TheSt. Michael's Catholic Cemetery (Happy Valley) in Hong Kong lease on Wan Chai's Saint Fulan gentleman street will end after a999-year lease, assuming no legal status changes before that date.[58]
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