The conditions for SKB’s biggest construction project – the final repository for spent nuclear fuel – are now being established

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 September and 24-27 September, at which the conditions for the construction of the final repository and encapsulation plant will be established.

Radioactive waste from nuclear power plants in Sweden is managed by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., SKB. For more than 40 years, SKB has been conducting research and technological development to produce the best solution for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel, known as the KBS-3 method.

Anna Porelius, Head of Communications, SKB.

Anna Porelius, Head of Communications, SKB.

— By taking care of the radioactive waste from the Swedish nuclear power plants, we contribute to fossil-free electricity production and a sustainable society. We already have a system of facilities in operation today, but in order to fulfil our mission, we have to build facilities to encapsulate and provide a final repository for the nuclear fuel produced by Swedish reactors. Before we can start construction, we need an environmental judgement from the Land and Environment Court and an approved safety analysis report from the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority,  says Anna Porelius, Head of Communications at SKB.