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Sweden Begins Work On Expansion Of Short-Lived Radioactive Waste Repository

By David Dalton
27 January 2025

SKB announces start of six-year project at Forsmark facility

Sweden Begins Work On Expansion Of Short-Lived Radioactive Waste Repository
The facility needs to be extended to accommodate decommissioning waste from Sweden’s six nuclear power plants. Courtesy SKB.
Work to extend Sweden’s final repository for short-lived radioactive waste has begun with blasting 45 metres below ground, nuclear fuel management company SKB said.

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