The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (Svensk Kärnbränslehantering Aktiebolag, abbreviated SKB) is a company founded by the Swedish
nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced b ...
industry. Among its primary operations are the management and disposal of
nuclear waste and expended
nuclear fuel
Nuclear fuel is material used in nuclear power stations to produce heat to power turbines. Heat is created when nuclear fuel undergoes nuclear fission.
Most nuclear fuels contain heavy fissile actinide elements that are capable of undergoing ...
. Its main offices are in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, but the company has sites in
Forsmark and
Oskarshamn (
Äspölaboratoriet and
Kapsellaboratoriet). The nuclear waste disposal vessel
M/S ''Sigyn'' is owned SKB.
Owners
Board of directors
References
External links
Official web site
Nuclear power companies of Sweden
Nuclear waste companies
Waste management in Sweden
Companies based in Solna Municipality
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