Experiences of design and operation of the Swedish central storage facility for spent fuel, CLAB
- Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, Stockholm (Sweden)
Today about 50% of the electric power in Sweden is generated by means of nuclear power. The Swedish nuclear program comprises 12 plants. According to political decisions no more nuclear power plants will be built and the existing plants shall not be operated beyond the year 2010. The program will give rise to not more than 7700 metric tonnes (U) of spent fuel which will be directly disposed of in the crystalline bedrock without reprocessing. A keystone in the spent fuel management strategy is the central interim storage facility, CLAB. After an intensive preproject work the licensing of CLAB according to the Building Act, Environment Protection Act and Atomic Energy Act took place in 1978-1979. After a total licensing time of about 20 months the last permit was obtained in August 1979. Pending the result of the national nuclear referendum the construction work started in May 1980 and operation began in July 1985.
- OSTI ID:
- 5909600
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-920414-; CODEN: TANSAO; TRN: 93-022703
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 65; Conference: 8. Pacific basin nuclear conference, Taipei (China), 12-16 Apr 1992; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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