Overview of Finnish Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal Programme

Topias Siren

doi:10.12972/ksmer.2017.54.4.367

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Overview of Finnish Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal Programme

31 August 2017. pp. 367-376

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Abstract

Finland is the first country in the world constructing the geological spent nuclear fuel disposal facility. The Finnish programme for spent nuclear fuel is organized through a private company Posiva Oy that has been established by the two power companies currently operating nuclear power plants in Finland to dispose owners spent nuclear fuel. First plans for the disposal of the spent nuclear fuel started already at 1978 when first studies for the geological disposal started. The planning was followed by the site selection programme, culminating to the selection of the Olkiluoto site as the disposal site in 2001 by decision in principle by Parlament of Finland. In 2004 the construction of the rock characterization facility ONKALO^TMstarted on the disposal site. ONKALO has served in confirming underground site studies, while it has been designed to be an inseparable part of the final disposal facility. After 10 years of confirming studies in 2015, Posiva Oy, was granted the construction license for the final repository. In early 2020s the disposal of the spent nuclear fuel is expected to start in ONKALO.

Keywords

Nuclear waste disposal

Geological

Repository

Underground, KBS-3

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
Volume : 54
No :4
Pages :367-376
Received Date : 2017-07-10
Revised Date : 2017-07-31
Accepted Date : 2017-08-30
DOI :https://doi.org/10.12972/ksmer.2017.54.4.367

Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers ISSN:2288-0291(Print) 2288-2790(Online) 한국자원공학회지

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