After Finland, the Nordic country is the second to have obtained the green light for this type of installation. In France, a landfill project is in the process of being authorized in Bure.
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The Swedish government gave the green light Thursday, January 27 to the final burial of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants in the Nordic country. They must be placed in an underground site designed to withstand 100,000 years. The announcement of the Social Democratic executive comes after years of procrastination and a few weeks after the departure of the government of environmentalists, opposed to this solution. The chosen site is located in Forsmark, near one of the two Swedish nuclear power plants in operation, about 130 kilometers north of Stockholm, near the Baltic Sea.
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Sweden imitates its Finnish neighbor, which is currently leading the construction of a so-called “final” landfill site in Eurajoki, on the south-west coast of the country. This one, currently being completed, should receive the first test cargoes in 2023 and be operational in 2025. The two Nordic countries are the first to have obtained the green light for this type of installation. In France, a landfill project is in the process of being authorized in Bure, in the northeast of the country. “With Finland, we are the first in the world to take responsibility for our nuclear waste. This will be a safe final storage solution, which provides security for both the environment and the population”, Environment Minister Annika Strandhäll said at a press conference.