23.07.2010 Study holes in ONKALO now complete (ONKALO news)

The ONKALO facility now comprises a total of five research niches, which are approximately 30-metre branches of the access tunnel. One of them, known as the POSE niche, contains three study holes with a diameter of 1.5 metres and a depth of approximately seven metres (7.26 m exactly). These holes emulate the disposal canister hole, even though their diameter is slightly smaller than that of the actual hole.

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02.07.2010 Finnish Parliament approves extension of the final disposal facility for the Olkiluoto 4 unit (Topical at Decision in Principle Process)

The Finnish Parliament approved the extension of Posiva's final disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel from the Olkiluoto 4 unit on 1 July 2010 by 159 votes to 35. The extension will increase the capacity of the final disposal facility by 2,500 uranium-tons of spent nuclear fuel.

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30.06.2010 An EU project for the development and harmonisation of the training related to the final disposal of nuclear waste convened in Eurajoki (Press Releases)

The competence required by a safe final disposal of spent nuclear fuel and highly high active activity nuclear waste will be developed in the seventh framework programme’s three-year PETRUS II project supported by the EU.

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