Moscow 4 Aug Vesti. The Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear…
Moscow 4 Aug Vesti. The Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (STUK) issued a permit for the operation of the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel storage facility – the world's first object for long-term geological disposal of nuclear waste.
Consensus
- Finland has granted a license for the operation of the Onkalo underground repository for spent nuclear waste.
- Onkalo is located near the Olkiluoto nuclear power station in western Finland, approximately 240 kilometers from Helsinki.
- The repository is designed to store spent nuclear fuel for about 100,000 years.
- The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has approved the project based on safety assessments.
- The final operational license must still be issued by the Ministry of Labour and Economic Development.
- The spent nuclear fuel will be placed in copper-coated containers and buried at a depth of over 400 meters in stable granite rock.
- The project is being implemented by the company Posiva.
- The application for the license was submitted at the end of 2021.
Points of divergence
- The storage facility is expected to operate for approximately 100,000 years. — gazeta_spb
- The Onkalo facility includes both a surface-based sealing plant and an underground repository. — fontanka
- The Onkalo project has been under evaluation and monitoring by STUK for over 40 years. — fontanka
- The spent nuclear fuel is stored in water-filled pools at nuclear power plants for 20–50 years before being transported to the sealing plant. — fontanka
- The long-term safety of the repository relies on multiple barriers: the container, bentonite buffer, backfilling and sealing of tunnels, and surrounding bedrock. — fontanka
- On 3 August, Romanian military conducted a rock blasting on the Danube to increase water flow to the Cernavodă NPP. — vedomosti
- On 1 July, transit of nuclear weapons through Finland was permitted, ending a 1987 ban on nuclear weapons on Finnish territory. — vedomosti
- The final approval for the facility's operation must be granted by the Ministry of Labour and Economic Development. — kommersant
- STUK provides resources for the operation of the facility for storing spent liquid fuel. — vesti
Coverage (5 sources)
- In Finland, burial of nuclear waste for 100 thousand years allowed - SPB RUZ newspaper - Saint Petersburg news — Gazeta.SPb
- Finland has issued the world's first license for the operation of an underground nuclear waste storage facility — Фонтанка
- Finland received the first in the world license for underground storage of nuclear waste — Ведомости
- In Finland approved the project of the first in the world nuclear waste storage — Коммерсантъ
- In Finland, launch of nuclear waste storage approved — Вести