How to store deadly radioactive waste until it is safe is a question that has dogged the nuclear industry since commercial ...

Sweden recently began constructing a final storage facility for its spent nuclear fuel. The facility will safely store highly ...

Sweden has broken ground on its final repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF)—a milestone reached after 40 years of research ...

The repository's design aims to provide protection for 100,000 years and withstand geological changes, climate-related ...

A hazardous energy source will be stored in a 160,000-year-old bunker that Sweden has opened. It is permanent, but is it safe ...

Swedish radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering (SKB) has begun excavation works to extend its Final ...

Sweden has started building the world's second permanent storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. This site, located at Forsmark, will store 12,000 tons of radioactive waste for 100,000 years. The ...

The Swedish government has announced the beginning of construction of a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, buried 500 metres underground.

A new nuclear waste shelter in Sweden, among the first in the world of its kind, follows political ambitions and a sudden ...

Ground has been broken, starting the construction of the Swedish Spent Fuel Repository in Forsmark, Östhammar Municipality.

Ground work has begun for the construction of a final repository for used nuclear fuel in Forsmark, in Östhammar municipality ...

Sweden has commenced construction of a final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, where highly radioactive waste will be stored for 100,000 years.