Posiva granted the world's first licence to operate a used-fuel repository at Olkiluoto
Where it stands: Posiva has received a licence to operate the encapsulation and final disposal facility for used nuclear fuel at Olkiluoto in Finland. The report describes it as the first used-fuel repository in the world to get such a licence. It is still unclear when first encapsulation and first canister emplacement will happen, what annual disposal volumes will be, and what this means for countries without an operating disposal route.
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- 2026-10-23 (~12:00 PM ET, WNN — world-nuclear-news.org/articles): Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva has been granted a licence to operate the encapsulation and final disposal facility for used nuclear fuel at Olkiluoto, Finland — per the report, the world's first repository for used fuel to be granted such a licence. Watch: dates for first encapsulation and first canister emplacement, annual disposal volumes, and the signal to countries with no operating disposal route.
Background
- (2026-10-23): tags: nuclear, fuel-cycle, europe