There are no fundamental geologic limitations to disposing of nuclear waste in deep horizontal boreholes in Estonia and a wide range of locations could be demonstrated to comply with International Atomic Energy Agency safety regulations for geologic disposal, a study concludes.
The study, by US radioactive waste storage and disposal company Deep Isolation, was commissioned by Estonia-based advanced reactor deployment company Fermi Energia which is developing proposals to deploy small modular reactors in the Baltic country.
The study examines the potential suitability of areas in Estonia considered for siting a deep horizontal borehole repository for nuclear waste. Such a repository would isolate radioactive elements from the Earth’s surface for 1.3 million years.
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