03.03.2010 Posiva Oy awarded an environmental certificate (Other Topical Issues)
On 7 February 2010, DNV Certification Oy awarded Posiva an environmental certificate based on the ISO 14001:2004 standard.
22.02.2010 New animations about ONKALO and encapsulation and final disposal (Other Topical Issues)
New animations about ONKALO and encapsulation and final disposal of spent nuclear fuel can now be found from Posiva's internet pages.
03.02.2010 TKS-2009 Nuclear Waste Management at Olkiluoto and Loviisa Power Plants: Review of Current Status and Future Plans for 2010-2012 has been published (Other Topical Issues)
This report is a translation of the Finnish TKS-2009 Programme Report published in September 2009
14.12.2009 ONKALO has been excavated for four kilometres (Press Releases)
The access tunnel of the characterisation facility ONKALO, excavated into the bedrock of Olkiluoto, has advanced for four kilometres to a depth of almost 400 metres. The planned final disposal depth - 420 metres - will be reached at the beginning of next year. At that point, the application of the excavation technique and methods in the final disposal facilities will be examined.
04.12.2009 Start of excavation work for the ventilation and hoist building (Other Topical Issues)
Excavation work for the ventilation and hoist building has begun at the ONKALO construction site at the end of November and will continue until January. Contractor for the excavation work is Lännen Kaivuu ja Louhinta OY. The ventilation and hoist building will be completed during 2011, after which the ventilation of ONKALO will be handled through it.