Status of the Swedish Spent Fuel Management Program

Sweden has had a nuclear energy program since the 1950s. Beginning in the 1970s, Sweden and SKB began the development of a geological repository concept, which resulted in the present KBS-3 system. Forsmark was chosen in 2009 as the site for the repository, and a licence application to build the repository was submitted in 2011. The review process is ongoing, and is expected to result in the start of construction around 2019.