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| Storage of spent nuclear fuel in facility at Oskarshamn, Sweden |
I read the most interesting article today containing information that I never thought I would ever read. A town in Sweden, a country that receives over 50% of its electricity from nuclear energy, claims that it will gladly take the nuclear waste from Sweden's reactors. What?!?! Is this for real?
Osthammar, residents were recently polled and the results were amazing. Over 88% of the residents said that they were in favor of allowing thousands of tons of nuclear waste to be stored under their town.
So now the plan is to bury some 12,000 tons of nuclear waste in copper containers 500 meters underground for over 100,000 years. Osthammar, was chosen for this task because the town sits a top billion year old bedrock. Apparently, the locals are in favor of such an act because they grew up next to the nuclear plant in Forsmark. Their family and friends work there and they have become accustomed to nuclear.
Currently, Sweden has 5,000 tons of nuclear waste stored at a facility in Oskarshamn. It's stored in an eight meter deep water tank approximately forty meters underground. However, even with all the safety precautions (water shielding and underground) the plant is still monitored 24-7-365. Sweden wants to find another way, and with more nuclear waste being made all the time something more efficient has to be done.
Makes you wonder if we could ever see something like this happening in the USA...
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The main difference is that Yucca Mountain isn't right next to a reactor, right? So maybe the Vegas folks don't have quite the same level of comfort and familiarity? And it looks like the folks in this town were asked, which Nevadans weren't. Could be a useful model for moving forward with the waste debate. From my perspective, the lesson is that it is wise to spend time communicating with the public BEFORE a major decision like this is made--it may save time and money in the long run.
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