Finland granted operating permission for an underground nuclear waste repository

Updated 2026-10-25 · told from many outlets at once

Finland has approved the operation of Onkalo, a deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel from five reactors, with a 100-year storage period and 6,500-ton uranium capacity.

• The Finnish government permitted operation of Onkalo, the world's first final repository for high-level radioactive waste.
• The Onkalo repository will keep nuclear material under supervision for one hundred years before permanent sealing.
• The company Posiva can permanently store highly radioactive waste in the underground facility.
• The maximum capacity of the repository is six thousand five hundred tons of uranium.
• The State Inspectorate for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety must issue approval before disposal begins.

Outlets: Asahi Shimbun (Headlines), Deutschlandfunk, Die Welt, Handelsblatt, Le Figaro, N1 Srbija, Vijesti, tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD

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