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Final repository for short-lived radioactive waste

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The final repository for short-lived radioactive waste (Swedish: slutförvar för kortlivat radioaktivt avfal; SFR) is a radioactive waste repository in Forsmark, Sweden operated by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company. Active since April 1988, SFR stores all low- and intermediate-level waste produced by Sweden's nuclear power plants.

SFR has four separate rock vaults and one silo giving it a total capacity to store 60,000 cubic metres (2,100,000 cu ft) of radioactive waste. SFR currently receives approximately 600 cubic metres (21,000 cu ft) of waste per year.

References

  1. Skogberg, M. & Ingvarsson, I. "Operational experience from SFR - Final repository for low- and intermediate level waste in Sweden". Available at: http://www.euronuclear.org/events/topseal/transactions/Paper-Session-III-Skogsberg.pdf Last accessed
  2. "Final repository for short-lived radioactive waste - SKB". Skb.se. Archived from the original on 2013-10-27. Retrieved 2013-08-16.

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