Posiva Oy is a Finnish company with headquarters in the municipality of Eurajoki, Finland. It was founded in 1995 by Teollisuuden Voima (60% of stock) and Fortum (40% of stock),[1] two Finnish nuclear plant operators, for researching and creating a method of final disposal of spent nuclear fuel from their plants.[2][3][4]
For this purpose, Posiva is currently constructing the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository, the world's first deep geological repository, at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant site.
References
- Posiva's website^
- Nuclear waste tomb soon to reach final depth Helsingin Sanomat, 10 May 2010, retrieved 12 August 2012^
- Approval for expanded Olkiluoto repository World Nuclear News, 4 June 2009, retrieved 12 August 2012^
- Finnish nuclear waste may rest in peace This Is Finland, September 2011, retrieved 12 August 2012^