Olkiluoto VLJ Repository

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

  • situated at the Olkiluoto site
  • 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