Olkiluoto VLJ Repository

provided by an exhibition presented at the international anti-nuclear conference in Vienna on May 31, 2013


 * situated at the Olkiluoto site; construction started in 1988; final disposal started in 1992, with the first transfer of waste from the Olkiluoto NPP on May 8, 1992
 * 20.8.1998: The Council of State granted a new operation licence for (...) the low and medium-level waste interim storages
 * final repository for so-called "operating waste" (VLJ) - LMAW
 * waste drums in concrete boxes

The silos are at the depth of 60-100 meters.

Multiple barriers:
 * solidified waste
 * concrete box
 * concrete silo
 * filling material
 * shotcreted wall
 * bedrock

Consists of:
 * shaft - height 60 m
 * transport tunnel
 * crane hall:
 * length 65.0 m
 * width 23.4 m
 * height 10.8 m
 * volume 14,900 m³
 * intermediate level waste silo:
 * diameter 23.6 m
 * height 34.5 m
 * inside dimensions of the reinforced concrete silo:
 * diameter 19.9 m
 * height 32.3 m
 * volume 15,100 m³
 * low level waste silo:
 * diameter 23.6 m
 * height 33.6 m
 * volume 14,700 m³