Loviisa repository
The Loviisa repository is located near the town of Loviisa on the southeast coast of Finland on the island of Hastholmen.
In repository Loviisa be low-level and medium-level radioactive waste (LAW or MAW) from the operation of nuclear power plant Loviisa stored. It was 1993-1997 in rapakivi - granite built and comprises a cavity depth of 120 m for solidified waste and mines for drying wastes from maintenance . The storage capacity is 113,000 m³. The possibility of a capacity expansion is planned to also accommodate decommissioning waste. The first part (for low-level radioactive maintenance waste) was completed in spring 1997. The first waste was stored in May 1997.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of planned or operated repositories worldwide on the homepage of DBE GmbH ( memento of the original from August 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
See also
- List of nuclear power plants
- Olkiluoto repository (Finland)
- Bure (rock laboratory) (France)
Web links
- Nuclear waste management. In: fortum.com. Fortum, accessed on July 14, 2016 (English, operator homepage).
Coordinates: 60 ° 22 ′ 30.3 " N , 26 ° 19 ′ 37.3" E