Sweden begins cross-border environmental impact assessment

In December 2005, the Kingdom of Sweden began an information and participation process regarding the cross-border environmental impact assessment, among others with the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Swedish overall project currently comprises

A repository for spent fuel elements,
The expansion of an existing interim storage facility for spent fuel elements as well as
A conditioning plant.

Based on the documents on the environmental impact assessment made available by Sweden, the participation of the public on cross-border environmental impacts is currently underway. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) is directly responsible for the procedure for the participation of the German public for the expansion of the existing interim storage facility.

Additional note (16 April 2016): Until 15 April 2016, the German public could view the documents at the BfS website and in the BfS libraries and could submit statements to the responsible Swedish authority.

Note: Current information

In 2016, the legislator adapted the governmental institutions to the current developments and responsibilities. The specialised tasks concerning nuclear safety and nuclear waste management, which up to then had been the responsibility of BfS, were transferred to the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BfE), which was founded in 2014, and the BGE, the Federal Company for the Permanent Storage of Radioactive Waste, which was founded in 2016.

Current information concerning nuclear safety and nuclear waste management can be found at www.bfe.bund.de and www.bge.de.