By 2026, Posiva plans to bury 3,250 copper canisters of waste, each measuring 17 feet long and containing about two tons of spent reactor fuel. The canisters will be transported to 230-foot-long ...

Interestingly, the repository will be able to hold over 6,000 copper canisters filled with spent nuclear fuel. Long-term nuclear waste management. The repository is expected to begin receiving ...

The company’s plan is to insert the used fuel pellets into rods that are contained in iron and copper canisters. The containers are then stored hundreds of meters underground and surrounded by ...

Finnish waste management company Posiva has completed the procedure qualification test on backfill installation at the Onkalo used nuclear fuel repository. During the test, almost 12 metres of tunnel ...

Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva has completed the procedure qualification test on the backfill ...

Once the final disposal operation starts, used nuclear fuel will be transported from interim storage to the encapsulation plant where it will be packed into final disposal canisters made of copper and ...