18 Mar (NucNet): The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company SKB has applied for a permit to build a final repository for spent nuclear fuel and a facility where the fuel will be encapsulated before being transported to the final repository.
SKB is asking for permission to build an encapsulation facility in Oskarshamn Municipality and a final repository for spent nuclear fuel at Forsmark in Östhammar Municipality.
The encapsulation facility will be built next to the Clab interim storage facility, and the final repository will be built at a depth of almost 500 metres in the bedrock at Forsmark.
In a statement on 16 March 2011 SKB said: “With these facilities in place, the system for managing spent nuclear fuel from Swedish nuclear power plants will be complete.”
SKB said its application will now be reviewed by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and the Environmental Court.
The application will then be presented for political decision in the relevant municipalities and by the government.
Sweden has three commercially operational nuclear plants - Forsmark, Oskarshamn and Ringhals - with 10 units between them.
>>Related reports in the NucNet database (available to subscribers)
Repository Bedrock Investigations ‘Promising’, Says Sweden’s SKB (News No. 241, 2 November 2006)
Sweden’s SKB Chooses Forsmark For Final Repository Site (News No. 41, 3 June 2009)
