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The Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository is a deep geological repository for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is near the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in the municipality of Eurajoki , on the west coast of Finland .
Posiva Oy is a Finnish company with headquarters in the municipality of Eurajoki, Finland.It was founded in 1995 by Teollisuuden Voima (60% of stock) and Fortum (40% of stock), [1] two Finnish nuclear plant operators, for researching and creating a method of final disposal of spent nuclear fuel from their plants.
FiR 1 (Finland Reactor 1; also sometimes referred to as Otaniemi research reactor, Otaniemi reactor, TKK reactor or VTT reactor) was Finland's first nuclear reactor. It was a research reactor that was located in the Otaniemi campus area in the city of Espoo .
The Finnish Nuclear Energy Act was amended in 1994 so that all nuclear waste produced in Finland must be disposed of in Finland. [31] All spent fuel will be permanently buried in bedrock. The Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository at Olkiluoto was selected in 2000 to become the world's first deep geological repository of spent nuclear
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 established a timetable and procedure for constructing a permanent, underground repository for high-level radioactive waste by the mid-1990s, and provided for some temporary storage of waste, including spent fuel from 104 civilian nuclear reactors that produce about 19.4% of electricity there. [39]
The film received overall positive reviews from Swedish film critics, with an average score of 3.6 of 5 according to Kritiker.se. [5] Praise was given for the suggestive presentation of the daunting task of communicating the dangers of nuclear waste far into the future, as well as the great dangers of handling the by-products of nuclear energy. [6]
Sep. 24—WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49) Tuesday introduced the bipartisan Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2024, which would ...
The Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository is a deep geological repository for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel, the first such repository in the world. It is currently under construction at the Olkiluoto plant by the company Posiva , owned by the nuclear power plant operators Fortum and TVO .