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SKB has signed a collaboration agreement with Implenia for the construction of the Spent Fuel Repository’s hard rock facility in Forsmark. The assignment includes access routes down to a repository level of 500 metres and the first parts of the final repository.

At the Final Repository for Short-Lived Radioactive Waste, SFR, in Forsmark, the maintenance team has invested in a drone to improve the work environment and streamline their work. The investment has already paid for itself during the first few months of the year through more efficient inspections a…

Work to extend SFR, the final repository for short-lived radioactive waste, began today with a blast 45 metres below ground. The blast marked the start of the six-year extension project.

The ground was broken today to start the construction of the Swedish Spent Fuel Repository in Forsmark, Östhammar Municipality. Minister for Climate and Environment Romina Pourmokhtari was present to officially start the work.

SKB is to weld canisters for the Finnish final repository for spent nuclear fuel. An agreement has been concluded between SKB and its Finnish counterpart, Posiva Oy, under which SKB will weld the bases of the Finnish canisters in SKB’s canister laboratory in Oskarshamn.

On Friday the 29th of November SKB was granted a permit to commence rock construction work on the extension of the final repository for short-lived radioactive waste, SFR, in Forsmark. The permit was issued by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM. In December 2022, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering…

SKB International is one of around 50 Swedish companies participating in the Swedish royal couple's state visit to Singapore. Magnus Holmqvist with Puah Kok Keong, Chief Executive, Energy Market Authority, EMA. Singapore is a country with ambitious goals to reduce its emissions and is working toward…

SKB has today received an environmental permit to build and operate the final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark and the encapsulation plant in Oskarshamn. The judgement was issued by the Land and Environmental Court.

In January 2022, SKB was granted permissibility and a licence by the Government to build a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark in Östhammar Municipality and an encapsulation plant in Oskarshamn. It is now time for the main hearing at the Land and Environment Court in Nacka on 17-20 S…

SKB is hosting a gathering of 50 nationalities to develop guidelines on how work can be undertaken at a global level on research and development of geological repositories for radioactive waste. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is part of the United Nations, is organising the con…