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Johan Dasht is appointed the new managing director of SKB
Johan Dasht will take over as the new managing director of the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, SKB, on 1 March 2020. Most recently, he has held the role of managing director of OKG Aktiebolag. Johan Dasht. Photo: Curt-Robert Lindqvist. Johan Dasht has many years of experience of manage…

Published: 19 December 2019

Double approval of SKB’s final repository application
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 recommends approval of SKB’s application to extend the existing Final Repository for Short-…

Published: 15 November 2019

Time for the main hearing regarding the extension of SFR
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…

Published: 23 September 2019

Continued broad support for the Spent Fuel Repository and encapsulation plant
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…

Published: 10 June 2019

SKB supplements the application for a final repository
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…

Published: 4 April 2019

A welcome decision in Oskarshamn
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. …

Published: 18 June 2018

Large majority in favour of a nuclear fuel repository in Forsmark
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…

Published: 1 June 2018

Further documentation will provide clearer answers regarding the copper canister
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 …

Published: 28 February 2018

Two statements on the Spent Fuel Repository
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…

Published: 19 February 2018

The Land and Environment Court’s statement in the environmental licensing process
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…

Published: 25 January 2018