On 5 February 2016 the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency sent out a consultation letter to the participating countries in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) transboundary procedure for the planned Swedish system for final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The Espoo consultation process for the repository system has been on-going for several years but can now continue because the application for final disposal of spent nuclear fuel was announces as being complete by the Land and Environmental Court on January 29th 2016. The countries are now being asked to send comments on the EIA report and associated documents no later than 15 April 2016, and will be invited to attend to a consultation meeting arranged on the 21 March 2016.
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