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ATM No 54 2025 JUN 20
Sweden’s SKB Signs Key Repository Contract With Swiss Construction Company
- Sweden’s nuclear fuel management company SKB has signed an agreement with Switzerland-based construction company Implenia for work on a deep geologic repository which will store highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel for 100,000 years.
- SKB said the agreement includes planning, design and construction of accesses to a depth of 500 metres and the first areas of the repository.
- The repository will house spent nuclear fuel from Sweden’s nuclear power plants at Ringhals, Forsmark and Oskarshamn.
- Work began on the repository, at Forsmark in the municipality of Östhammar, in January.
How EXIM Can Power American Nuclear
- If "America First" actually means anything, it should mean backing American-made nuclear technology—especially when it comes to winning the global energy race.
- But here’s the catch: without increased Export-Import Bank (EXIM) financing specifically for nuclear exports, we’re ceding that power to Russia and China.
- That’s where EXIM comes in—with decades of experience and the financial tools needed to unlock foreign markets, reduce risks, and accelerate deployment. Want more reactors built at home? Start by selling them abroad. ※
Nuclear Component Of EU’s Russia Package Now Likely In Autumn: Source
- The nuclear energy component of a package aimed at phasing out Russian energy imports into the EU will now probably be released in the autumn, a source within the European Commission said on 17 June.
- EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen said on 16 June that the European Commission will not propose measures to limit the EU’s reliance on Russian nuclear fuel this week alongside its proposals to ban Russian gas.