Yeniseisky underground research laboratory, Krasnoyarsk
Yeniseisky underground research laboratory, Krasnoyarsk is a repository facility operated by National Operator for Radioactive Waste Management in Russia. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.
Russia's candidate site, in gneiss near Zheleznogorsk, where an underground research laboratory is under construction to test whether the rock can host high level waste. A research laboratory is not a repository, and Russia has not licensed one.
Facility
| Stage | Geological disposal |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Operator for Radioactive Waste Management |
| Country | Russia |
| Capacity | not disclosed |
| Figure applies to | - |
| Status | construction |
| Commissioned | not stated |
| Coordinates | 56.2500, 93.5500 |
Position in the chain
No disclosed capacity, so its share of world repository capacity cannot be stated.
Other repository facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wolsong LILW Disposal Center, Gyeongju | 800,000drums | operating |
| Konrad | 303,000m³ | construction |
| Yucca Mountain | 70,000tHM total | closed |
| Asse II | 47,000m³ | closed |
| Morsleben (ERAM) | 37,000m³ | closed |
| Onkalo | not disclosed | construction |
| Forsmark spent fuel repository (KBS-3) | not disclosed | construction |
| Cigéo | not disclosed | planned |
| Canadian deep geological repository | not disclosed | planned |
| Nördlich Lägern | not disclosed | planned |
| Waste Isolation Pilot Plant | not disclosed | operating |
| SFR, Forsmark | not disclosed | operating |
| Olkiluoto VLJ repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Loviisa VLJ repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Centre de l'Aube (CSA) | not disclosed | operating |
| El Cabril | not disclosed | operating |
| Low Level Waste Repository, Drigg | not disclosed | operating |
| Rokkasho LLW Disposal Center | not disclosed | operating |
| Bátaapáti National Radioactive Waste Repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Beishan underground research laboratory | not disclosed | construction |
Sources
- World Nuclear Association, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste · retrieved 2026-09-06
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