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Posiva begins drilling disposal holes at Finland’s Onkalo repository
Last week the Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva began drilling holes for final disposal at the Onkalo deep geological repository, near the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in western Finland. The company’s German-made Deposition Hole Boring Machine (DHBM) took about 10 hours to drill the first hole, with a depth of 8.4 meters and a diameter of 1.75 meters, into the 1.9-billion-year-old bedrock. This is the first deposition hole intended for an iron-copper canister containing spent nuclear fuel—though test holes have been drilled at the site since 2022.
The Onkalo repository received a favorable safety assessment from the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland earlier in August.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by YMG
Monday, June 8, 2020|3:30–5:15PM EDT|8
Session Chair:
Patrick J. Snouffer (Bechtel)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Timothy M. Crook (MCR Performance Solutions)
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Staff Producer:
Eileen Cullen (American Nuclear Society)
Leadership roles can take many forms and present a variety of challenges. Whether you are a mid-career professional or still in school, it is never too early to start taking on leadership roles and develop your leadership style. Leaders from across the industry will share their experiences on how they reached higher leadership positions and approaches when presented with a difficult situation. Learn about strategies to obtain your first leadership role, how to progressively take on larger roles, differences in leadership styles and how to handle challenges your team could face.
John Kotek
Senior Vice President of Policy Development and Public Affairs
NEI
Oscar Prat
Westinghouse
Jhansi Kandasamy
INL Net Zero Director
Rachel Slaybaugh
University of California Berkeley
Amber Ruden
NAYGN/Exelon
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