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Home > Construction starts on Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear disposal project

Construction starts on Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear disposal project

Tris Thomas

Written by Tris Thomas on 11/05/2021 in News

Tagged: Disposal Tunnels,Nuclear fuel,Posiva Oy

Posiva Oy, the Finnish operator responsible for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel, has started the excavation of the final disposal tunnels for the Olkiluoto project, located in the Eurajoki municipality.

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The first five tunnels to be excavated over the next 18 months mark the beginning of a extensive construction effort to create around 100 deposition tunnels with a total length of about 35km, during the 100-year operational period of the final disposal facility. The maximum length of one tunnel is 350m. The tunnels are some 4.5m high and 3.5m wide.

The excavation of the first five tunnels is part of Posiva’s approximately €500M EKA project that covers all of the final disposal facilities needed, including both their construction and equipment, as well as the start of the final disposal operation in the first deposition tunnel. Realisation of the EKA project places Posiva as the first operator in the world to start final disposal of spent nuclear fuel underground.

About 30 canisters will be placed in each tunnel. Their number depends on how many deposition holes there are in the tunnel as determined by the volume of suitable rock based on rock fractures. These 30 canisters placed in one tunnel can accommodate about 65 tons of spent nuclear fuel.

The encapsulation of spent nuclear fuel and the emplacement of the canisters in the deposition holes will start once the Finnish Government grants the operating licence for the final disposal facility.

The current estimate is that the final disposal operation will start in the mid-2020s, according to Posiva’s Programme Manager Kimmo Kemppainen.

 

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