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23 Oct 2026
🇫🇮 What is said about Finland
Finland has granted an operating licence to the Onkalo repository in western Finland, which is expected to become the world’s first underground facility to open for permanent nuclear-waste storage. It cannot begin operating until Posiva completes tests and inspections approved by STUK, and it will store spent fuel from Finland’s five nuclear reactors.
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Finland has granted an operating licence for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel. The government handed Onkalo, in western Finland, the licence on Thursday, waste management company Posiva said. “This is a great and historic day for both Posiva and Finland,” the company’s Chief Executive Officer Ilkka Poikolainen said in a statement. “Before final disposal begins, Posiva will finalise the commissioning stage, carrying out the necessary tests and inspections which STUK [the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority] also needs to verify and approve.” With space for 6,500 tonnes of uranium, Onkalo will provide permanent storage for spent fuel from Finland’s five nuclear reactors. Final repositories are being built in other countries, including neighbouring Sweden and France, but Finland is expected to be the first to open its underground storage facility.
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