Finland’s nuclear regulator Stuk has started reviewing Posiva’s operating licence application for what could become world’s first deep geologic repository for used nuclear fuel – a process that it said could take “a few years”.
Stuk said it was beginning the review of the application for the Onkalo encapsulation and final disposal facility at Olkiluoto in the southwest of the country after concluding that Posiva had submitted sufficient material. Posiva is the company responsible for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel in Finland.
Stuk said at this stage it was impossible to give an accurate estimate of the how long the review will take.
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