Škoda announced it has completed development of a geological disposal package for the Czech Republic's used nuclear fuel. Made of corrosion resistant steel, it is a hermetically sealed container for the highly radioactive used fuel assemblies from its VVER reactors.
Škoda announced it has completed development of a geological disposal package for the Czech Republic's used nuclear fuel. Made of corrosion resistant steel, it is a hermetically sealed container for the highly radioactive used fuel assemblies from its VVER reactors.
22 December 2020
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The Czech Cabinet has approved a shortlist of four potential sites for a deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive nuclear waste. The government also approved a new schedule calling for the site to be selected by 2030, five years later than originally planned. The repository is expected to be operational by 2065.
(Image: Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade)
Following the Cabinet meeting on 21 December, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said the four sites are: Hrádek and Horka, which are in the central region of the country; Březový potok, in the south west; and Janoch near the Temelín nuclear power plant. The government approved the four locations that were recommended in June as the most suitable of nine potential sites reviewed by the Czech Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO).