Home page About us Project Work at SVAFO Contact Operation Organization and governance Background News Intermediate storage for radioactive waste soon ready In Studsvik outside Nyköping, Svafo, a company in the Vattenfall Group, is completing an intermediate warehouse for radioactive waste. Low- and intermediate-level waste from the demolition of the R2 plant in Studsvik and Ågestaverket in southern Stockholm will thus be safely stored until the final repository for nuclear waste is (expanded). The intermediate storage is about 27 x 90 meters and 20 meters high and has the capacity to store 8,000 m3 of waste. The building is secured so that no radioactivity will reach the surroundings even in extreme weather and climatic conditions. For example, an extra thick, 90 cm, concrete base plate has been cast. The bottom plate has also been piled with 482 steel piles that are anchored in the bedrock. The bottom plate was the most challenging moment because the concrete must be laid in different layers with a maximum of 7 minutes between each load so that it does not "burn" too early. It was cast in four stages at one-week intervals. We needed 85 loads of concrete / casting that came on a truck from Nyköping so it was sweaty days - but we managed it, says Fredrik Wenström who is the project manager for the intermediate warehouse. Local companies have been used for much of the construction, which has taken 1.5 years and cost just over SEK 170 million. In the first instance, it is low- and intermediate-level waste from the demolition of the R2 plant in Studsvik and Ågestaverket in southern Stockholm, respectively, that will be stored pending the final repository for radioactive waste to be expanded. The first packages will be stored in the intermediate warehouse at the beginning of next year. Nearby residents have received ongoing information about the construction through letters and meetings. From the beginning, there was some concern that the building would affect the landscape from a sea point of view, as well as noise from transport and earthworks. With the help of photomontage, the concern for the landscape could be allayed and measurements showed that the noise was not heard at all at the nearest homes. Project manager Fredrik Wenström. Photographer Fredrik Ekenborg Piling. Photographer Fredrik Ekenborg The frame takes shape. Photographer Fredrik Ekenborg Almost done. Photographer Fredrik Ekenborg Almost done. Photographer Fredrik Ekenborg Published August 24, 2020 Latest news SVAFO are certified according to Great Place to Works® Annual report for 2020 SVAFO takes back and investigates radioactive waste Guidelines for SVAFO's suppliers regarding the Corona virus Annual report for 2019 Latest news about the projects Intermediate storage for radioactive waste soon ready Svafo's construction is progressing according to plan Increased traffic to Svafo's construction site SVAFO has begun construction of a new intermediate warehouse SVAFO has been granted a building permit for the new intermediate warehouse RSS E-mail AB SVAFO, Box 90, 611 23 Nyköping, info@svafo.se