Final disposal of radioactive high level waste and spent fuel in Sweden : a project approaching realisation

29Sep
2010
Dinner debate in Brussels

Speaker: Claes Thegerström, President of Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)

SKB is assigned to manage and dispose of all radioactive waste and spent fuel from Swedish nuclear power plants.

A siting process for a high-level waste repository was initiated in the early 1990’s. In 2009 the site for the final respository was chosen. Considerable experience has been gained during this process  and SKB wishes to inform us on their experience.

The speaker emphasised the elements that are considered most fundamental for a stable and successful siting process. The time-table for the future realisation procedure was also discussed.