30 Jun (NucNet): Sweden’s radioactive waste management company SKB will be able to comply with the country’s nuclear safety and radiation protection requirements for its planned deep geologic repository at Forsmark, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has said in a statement to the land and environmental court.
The statement, which will be part of a forthcoming judicial review, says the construction of the repository is “a permissible activity”.
In November 2015, SKB announced that Söderviken, to the southeast of the Forsmark nuclear power station, would be best suited for a repository for spent nuclear fuel.
SSM said at the time that it was too early to draw any final conclusions and there were remaining issues for it to review and consider before submitting its formal opinion to the land and environment court.
Under Swedish law, the court is required to rule on the project’s compliance with legislation on land use and the environment.
In February 2016, SSM said it was ready to review SKB’s application for permission to build the Forsmark repository, made in 2011.
According to the latest statement, SSM is expecting to give its final assessment to the Swedish government in 2017.
SKB is hoping construction and commissioning of the repository can be completed by 2028.
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