[Machine Translation] SKB speaks to the government on copper corrosion: “Still no problem” The power industry’s nuclear waste company On April 4, SKB expressed its opinion to the government with a supplement to, in the first place, certain that the copper canister will function as intended in the planned final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark. Not surprisingly, the company will realize that there are no problems. This is the same claim that the court rejected in its opinion to the government on January 23, 2018. In a first analysis, the environmental organizations’ nuclear waste review has concluded that the compilation is very weak and does not show that the court’s concerns are unfounded. It is now important that the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority performs a renewed thorough and unconditional review of both the old and the new data.
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