Sweden approves plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k years

Re:Sweden approves plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k ... by kzrdude on Thursday January 27, 2022 @02:28PM (#30105053)

Sweden could have uranium mines themselves but don't want that dirty stuff happening in their own backyard, so buy fuel needed from other places (Canada, I think?)

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Re:Sweden approves plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k ... by polack on Thursday January 27, 2022 @02:47PM (#30105384)

Sweden used to have their own uranium mine, but since it was cheaper to buy it than to mine it they shut it down. Pretty sure most of it is purchased from Russia.

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Re:Sweden approves plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k ... by redwood_ on Thursday January 27, 2022 @02:48PM (#30105414)

Yes, they just did start buying from Russia. It is a security concern these days and was discussed as recently as yesterday in Swedish media.

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Re:Sweden approves plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k ... by PaulHoule on Thursday January 27, 2022 @06:24PM (#30108515)

It's a security concern but it is not as big a one as Russian gas.

If you import 10 years of gas you import 10 years of gas.

If you import 10 years of uranium for the LWR you imported more like 1000 years of uranium for fast reactors.

Gas is difficult to ship long distances and dependent on pipeline networks. It is hard to substitute American or Middle Eastern gas for Russian gas but easy to replace Russian uranium with uranium from South Africa, Australia and many other places.

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