Swedish Reactors Face Increased Waste Fees

摘要

The Swedish nuclear regulator has recommended that the operators of four reactors that will shut earlier than planned - Oskarshamn units 1 and 2 and Ringhals 1 and 2 - should pay higher waste fees to ensure the country's nuclear waste fund is sufficient. In a 1 December letter to the government, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Stralsaekerhetsmyndigheten, or SSM) said decisions by OKG and Ringhals AB earlier this year to close the units early has "affected the financing of future nuclear decommissioning".