Government Decree on the safety of disposal of nuclear waste (No. 736 of 2008).

This Decree provides with respect to the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and other nuclear waste, originating in a nuclear facility, into a facility to be constructed in bedrock. The Decree shall also apply to radioactive waste as referred to in section 10 of the Radiation Act (592/1991), if such waste is sited in a disposal facility for nuclear waste, as referred to in subsection 1. Provisions on the handling and storage of spent nuclear fuel and other nuclear waste in a nuclear facility attached to a nuclear power plant are laid down in the Government Decree on the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants (733/2008).
The Decree, among other things: defines design requirements for a nuclear waste facility (i.e. a nuclear facility used for the encapsulation of spent nuclear fuel or conditioning of other nuclear waste for disposal, and to a disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel or other nuclear waste); provides for radiation and other safety requirements in case of (long-term) disposal; requires compliance of safety requirements to be demonstrated; provides with respect to operation of a nuclear waste facility.