Progress of the Swedish Radioactive Waste Management Program

Abstract

The implementation of the Swedish radioactive waste management system is making good progress. A central interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel and a sea-based transportation system for spent fuel and other radioactive residues are already in operation. An underground final disposal facility for low- and medium level waste from reactor operation is under construction. For the remaining steps--the final disposal of spent fuel and longlived radioactive residues--one concept has been developed and approved. Research and development work is continuing to provide a basis for a final decision about disposal method and site around the year 2000. This decision will be based on a broad evaluation of available alternative designs.