TVO submits EIA Programme for Olkiluoto low-level waste facility

摘要

Finnish utility TVO has submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy for the final disposal of very low-level nuclear waste at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant site. TVO said similar disposal facilities have been in use in other countries for a long time, but in Finland this would be the first. In Sweden, a similar disposal facility has been in operation since 1993. Very low-level waste to be disposed of at the site includes protective plastics and protective clothing that have been used during maintenance outages at nuclear power plants.