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Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (''Äspölaboratoriet'') is a
Information at the Svensk Kärnbränslehantering webpage
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Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (''Äspölaboratoriet'') is a research
Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...
site located outside Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Etymology
Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then chang ...
in Kalmar County
Kalmar County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland.
The counties are mainly administrative units. Geo ...
, Sweden
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. The laboratory is located in the Misterhult archipelago, near the Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant
The Nuclear power station Oskarshamn is one of three active nuclear power stations in Sweden. The plant is about north of Oskarshamn, directly at the Kalmarsund at the Baltic Sea coast and with one active reactor, producing about 10% of the el ...
(''Oskarshamns Kärnkraftverk'').
General information
The Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory is a research facility for futuregeological
Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Eart ...
disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The plant is owned and operated by Svensk Nuclear Fuel Management AB (''Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB''). It was built to test different methods and possibilities for final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. At the laboratory a series of experiments are performed at depths of into the bedrock
In geology, bedrock is solid Rock (geology), rock that lies under loose material (regolith) within the crust (geology), crust of Earth or another terrestrial planet.
Definition
Bedrock is the solid rock that underlies looser surface mater ...
. The laboratory is used by both Swedish and international experts.
Much of the research is done for the construction of the future Spent Fuel Repository. There is no spent nuclear fuel on the site which makes it possible to keep the Äspö laboratory open to the public. There is an exhibition at the site with information and also guided tours via a tunnel down through the bedrock which takes the visitors as far as below ground.
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External links
Information at the Svensk Kärnbränslehantering webpage
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