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In what year did the Svalbard Global Seed Vault open? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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2008 uint256

openingDate: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault's official opening date, February 26, 2008
sources: , en.wikipedia.org, svalbard global seed vault official site (seedvault.no) and global crop diversity trust (croptrust.org), which state the vault opened on 26 february 2008, svalbard global seed vault, the history (https://www.seedvault.no/about/history/), corroborated by norway government, svalbard global seed vault (https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/food-fisheries-and-agriculture/svalbard-global-seed-vault/id462220/): opened in 2008., svalbard global seed vault, the history (states opened 26 february 2008): https://www.seedvault.no/about/history/; norwegian government, report no. 13 (2008-2009): https://www.regjeringen.no/en/documents/report-no.-13-to-the-storting-2008-2009/id545698/?ch=4, the svalbard global seed vault was officially opened on 26 february 2008, as documented by the norwegian ministry of agriculture and food and widely reported (e.g., norway's government press release and encyclopedic sources such as britannica/wikipedia)., wikipedia, "svalbard global seed vault": the facility was officially opened on 26 february 2008., www.croptrust.org, www.regjeringen.no, www.seedvault.no