The Clab, also known as ''Centralt mellanlager för använt kärnbränsle'' (

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for 'Central holding storage for spent nuclear fuel') is an interim

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repository located at

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 ...

about 25 km north of Oskarshamn. Clab used to be owned by Oskarshamnsverkets Kraftgrupp AB (OKG) but is now owned by

Svensk Kärnbränslehantering Aktiebolag The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (Svensk Kärnbränslehantering Aktiebolag, abbreviated SKB) is a company founded by the Swedish nuclear power industry. Among its primary operations are the management and disposal of nuclear ...

(SKB). It was opened in 1985 for the storage of spent

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from all

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s. The fuel is stored for 30 to 40 years, in preparation for final storage. The facility currently contains approximately 7,300 tons of

high-level waste High-level waste (HLW) is a type of nuclear waste created by the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. It exists in two main forms: * First and second cycle raffinate and other waste streams created by nuclear reprocessing. * Waste formed by vit ...

, submerged in 8 meters of water, in pools 30 meters below the surface. Contaminated reactor components, such as

control rod Control rods are used in nuclear reactors to control the rate of fission of the nuclear fuel – uranium or plutonium. Their compositions include chemical elements such as boron, cadmium, silver, hafnium, or indium, that are capable of absorbing ...

s, are also stored at the facility. Waste produced from Sweden's nuclear power plants will continue be stored at the facility until the

Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (Svensk Kärnbränslehantering Aktiebolag, abbreviated SKB) is a company founded by the Swedish nuclear power industry. Among its primary operations are the management and disposal of nuclear ...

can complete construction of a more permanent storage site at Forsmark. The facility contains an in-pool station where passive gamma-measurements can be done on spent nuclear fuel.

External links

Clab
Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB about Clab (in Swedish)

References

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