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The blue sections of this picture depict the new section of the Final Repository for Short-Lived Radioactive Waste, SFR, that SKB wants to extend into the bedrock under the sea. SKB has applied for a licence to extend the final repository for short-lived radioactive waste, SFR, which has been in ope…

Support for the planned Final Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel in Östhammar Municipality continues to be strong among municipal residents. In a new opinion poll carried out by Novus, nearly eight out of ten state that they are in favour of the facility being built in Forsmark. In Oskarshamn Municip…

SKB has submitted additional documentation regarding the application for a final repository system to the Ministry of the Environment. The supplement includes responses to the issues raised by the Land and Environment Court in its statement to the Government in January 2018. SKB's supplement in part…

Photo-montage that demonstrates the integrated facility for interim storage and encapsulation of spent nuclear fuel, Clink. The municipal council in Oskarshamn decided yesterday that it stands behind Svensk Kärnbränslehantering’s plan to build a nuclear fuel encapsulation plant in the municipality. …

Three out of four residents in Östhammar Municipality are in favour of the planned final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark. That is what the annual opinion poll conducted by Novus for SKB in Östhammar Municipality shows. In Oskarshamn Municipality, 79 percent are in favour of the constru…

Almost all parts of the application are approved, but the Land and Environment Court requests more documentation on the copper canister. Allan Hedin is a safety analyst at SKB and leads the work of preparing the supplementary documentation. – We plan to be ready during this year, he says. The court …

Aerial photo of the planned site of the Spent Fuel Repository (centre) at Forsmark. The picture is a photomontage. Illustration: Phosworks. The answer was a clear yes in SSM’s statement to the Government on SKB’s system for final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The Land and Environment Court was als…

Today, the Land and Environment Court submitted its statement to the Government in the case concerning a final repository for spent nuclear fuel. The court approves large parts of the application: issues relating to the site Forsmark, the rock, the buffer and the environmental impact assessment. The…

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, recommends the Government to grant a licence for a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark and an encapsulation plant in Oskarshamn. SKB has the potential to meet the requirements of the Nuclear Activities Act concerning safe final disposal wi…

The blue sections of this picture depict the new section of the Final Repository for Short-Lived Radioactive Waste, SFR, that SKB wants to extend into the bedrock under the sea. The Land and Environment Court and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority have announced SKB's application for a licence t…