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Main hearing about the Spent Fuel Repository to start in September
On Friday 17 March the Swedish Land and Environment Court decided that the main hearing on SKB’s application for permits to build a Spent Fuel Repository at Forsmark and an encapsulation facility in Oskarshamn will begin in September 2017. Christopher Eckerberg ”This is a welcome decision. The envir…
Published: 20 March 2017
Research programme in a new form
A new form, with a focus on technology development and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. SKB's programme for research and development has been submitted to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and will, after extensive referral for consideration and comment, be treated by the government. Ever…
Published: 27 January 2017
SKB learns about clay in Switzerland
In 1997 two steel canisters with electric heaters were installed horizontally in the rock. Photo: Birgitta Kalinowski. Although there are considerable differences in altitude between the bedrock at Forsmark and the Swiss Alps there are also similarities, similarities that are large enough for SKB to…
Published: 16 November 2016
Swedish Radiation Safety Authority endorses SKB’s application
SKB is able to comply with radiation safety requirements for a final repository for spent nuclear fuel. This is what the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) says in its statement submitted to the Land and Environment Court. The Authority is acknowledging that in its coming…
Published: 29 June 2016
Swedish method gains approval in Finland
This is what the underground Finnish final repository will look like. Illustration: Posiva Oy. Finland is to be the first country in the world to begin construction of a final repository for spent nuclear fuel and will do so using the method developed by SKB over many years. After a positive recomme…
Published: 20 November 2015
Taiwan gets help from Swedish nuclear waste experts
The team working on the final repository project in Taiwan. SKB is now going to help Taiwan to get the work on the final disposal of its spent nuclear fuel off the ground. A three-year agreement has been signed to provide the Taiwanese with access to SKB’s expertise in, for instance, safety assessme…
Published: 7 July 2015
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Published: 23 April 2015
SKB applies to extend SFR
Today, December 19, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) is submitting applications to extend the final repository for short-lived radioactive waste (SFR) at Forsmark. This represents a milestone, and a big step towards a final solution for decommissioning waste from the Swedish n…
Published: 19 December 2014
Sigrid now in Swedish waters
M/S Sigrid glides into the port at the Ringhals nuclear power plant. Photo: Joakim Hellman. Sigrid now in Swedish waters The light of dawn welcomed M/S Sigrid as she called at a Swedish port for the first time. SKB's new transport vessel arrived to Ringhals on Monday 2 December. Sigrid glided into t…
Published: 5 December 2013
Three countries with the same challenge
Timo Äikäs, Saida Laârouchi Engström and Francois-Michel Gonnot answer questions from moderator Carlos Rojas. Photo: Lasse Modin How do you win people's trust? And how do you know when the research you have done is enough? These are just some of the questions common to the three countries that have …
Published: 10 October 2013