Site selection - Siting of the Final Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel

SKB has selected Forsmark as the site for the final repository for spent nuclear fuel. The site selection<br/>is the end result of an extensive siting process that began in the early 1990s. The strategy and<br/>plan for the work was based on experience from investigations and development work over a period<br/>of more than ten years prior to then.<br/>This document describes the siting work and SKB’s choice of site for the final repository. It also<br/>presents the information on which the choice was based and the reasons for the decisions made along<br/>the way. The document comprises Appendix PV to applications under the Nuclear Activities Act<br/>and the Environmental Code for licences to build and operate an encapsulation plant adjacent to the<br/>central interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Oskarshamn, and to build and operate a final<br/>repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark in Östhammar Municipality