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The Government’s decision on SKB’s repository system is not the last step in the licensing process. The case will now return to the Land and Environment Court and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, which will set detailed conditions for the coming activities. – We’re looking forward to mov…

Today, the Swedish Government decided to allow SKB to build a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark in Östhammar Municipality and an encapsulation plant in Oskarshamn.

The Government today approved SKB’s application to extend the final repository for short-lived radioactive waste (SFR) in Forsmark. The facility needs to be extended to accommodate decommissioning waste from Swedish nuclear power plants. Johan Dasht, Managing Director of SKB. Photo: Mikael Wallerste…

The Government intends to make a decision on final repository for spent nuclear fuel in January 2022. A decision on final repository for decommissioning waste will be made before Christmas. The announcement was made by the Minister for Climate and the Environment, Annika Strandhäll, at a press confe…

There is nothing restricting the Government from granting a licence for the final repository as determined following a referral procedure in which the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) and the Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste answered questions posed by the Government regarding two …

Container with equipment for measuring at the drill site of the approximately 700 metres deep hole. Photo: Lillemor Claesson Liljedahl. SKB has been conducting climate research in Greenland for several years. In an article that is now being published in Nature Geoscience, researchers show that a war…

Johan Dasht, CEO SKB. The Government decided on 26 August to extract interim storage from SKB’s comprehensive final repository system application. The case is now with the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and the Land and Environment Court for further investigation. The situation surrounding the c…

In an extra meeting last night, Östhammar Municipal Council by a convincing majority voted “Yes” to a spent fuel repository in Forsmark. It is a historic decision. Now it is up to the Government to make the final decision in the matter of the final repository. – It is very gratifying indeed that Öst…

Östhammar Municipality agrees to the establishment of a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark. It is clear after tonight’s vote in the municipal council. – It is very gratifying indeed that Östhammar Municipality has made this historic decision. This is absolutely crucial for making it…

Photomontage - intersection of the Spent Fuel Repository. Photo: Lasse Modin There is strong support for SKB’s planned final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark. Eight out of ten residents (or 82 percent) in Östhammar Municipality are in favour of a spent fuel repository in the municipalit…