The trial run, or a simulation of final disposal with unirradiated copies of fuel elements, will be carried out in 2024 at Onkalo.
Onkalo, which means “cavity” in Finnish, is the name given to the planned facility which will store nuclear fuel waste for centuries to come. Finland is soon to become the first country in the world to attempt the burial of nuclear fuel waste in a geological tomb – where it is planned to be stored for the next 100,000 years.
The country is planning to carry out this exercise in 2025 or the following year. The construction of the underground disposal facility is already underway, and it is being constantly analyzed to weed out any loopholes and ensure maximum security. It is close to the three nuclear reactors situated on the island of Olkiluoto and is approximately 150 miles away from the country’s capital, Helsinki.Every active nuclear reactor produces radioactive waste, which can be fragmented into three broad categories.
The third category, and the most radioactive too, is the high-level waste. This is the spent fuel from the nuclearto remain tight and impervious in their final deposition place long enough for the radioactivity of spent fuel to decrease to a level not harmful to the environment, the company in charge of Onkalo says.
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