Fee payments and disbursements
The Nuclear Waste Fund´s function is to receive fee payments from those who are liable to pay such fees and to make disbursements from the Fund in accordance with the decisions of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority.
Paid-in fees come above all from the nuclear power companies. The fees are calculated in relation to the energy that is delivered. The Government decides annually how big the fees should be, based on a proposal from the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority.
The Nuclear Waste Fund also handles disbursements from the Fund. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority considers and decides how Fund assets may be used.
According to law, the holder of a licence to own or operate a nuclear facility that gives or has given rise to waste products shall pay a nuclear waste fee.
Prior to 1 January 2008, this fee liability applied to the holder of a licence to own or operate a nuclear power reactor and was limited to the time the reactor is in operation. Up to and including 2011, the nuclear power-producing companies must also pay a special fee to finance the decommissioning of the research reactors in Studsvik and certain other costs for the early Swedish nuclear power programme.
These fees are calculated in relation to the energy that is delivered and established as a certain number of öre (1 öre = SEK 0.01) per kWh delivered. The fee is differentiated for each fee payer and is calculated so that the total fees for each payer cover that particular payer´s total costs. After 1 January 2008, the fee can also be established as a given amount in kronor, to be paid for example by a fee-liable licensee who no longer delivers nuclear energy.
The nuclear waste fee is used to cover
The Nuclear Waste Fund also handles disbursements from the Fund. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority considers and decides how Fund assets may be used.
Fee payments
According to law, the holder of a licence to own or operate a nuclear facility that gives or has given rise to waste products shall pay a nuclear waste fee.
Prior to 1 January 2008, this fee liability applied to the holder of a licence to own or operate a nuclear power reactor and was limited to the time the reactor is in operation. Up to and including 2011, the nuclear power-producing companies must also pay a special fee to finance the decommissioning of the research reactors in Studsvik and certain other costs for the early Swedish nuclear power programme.
These fees are calculated in relation to the energy that is delivered and established as a certain number of öre (1 öre = SEK 0.01) per kWh delivered. The fee is differentiated for each fee payer and is calculated so that the total fees for each payer cover that particular payer´s total costs. After 1 January 2008, the fee can also be established as a given amount in kronor, to be paid for example by a fee-liable licensee who no longer delivers nuclear energy.
The fee payments in 2010 amounted to SEK 1,033 million.
Disbursements
The nuclear waste fee is used to cover
- the licensees´ costs for safe management and disposal of waste products,
- the licensees´ costs for safe decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities,
- the licensees´ costs for the necessary research and development,
- the state´s costs for management of the Fund assets and examination of questions concerning fees, disbursement of funds etc.,
- the state´s costs for supervision of the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities,
- the state´s costs for examination of questions concerning final disposal and monitoring and control of the final repository,
- the licensees´, the state´s and the municipalities´ costs for information to the public in matters relating to management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste, and
- costs for support to non-governmental organizations for efforts in connection with questions concerning siting of facilities for management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel.
The special Studsvik fee will be used to cover the costs of the early Swedish nuclear power programme.
Disbursements in 2010 amounted to SEK 1,302 million.
Uppdaterad av: Anna Major, 2011-05-05 16.05
Kärnavfallsfonden, c/o Kammarkollegiet, Box 2218, 103 15 Stockholm, Tel: 08-700 08 00, Fax: 08-20 38 81, E-post: karnavfallsfonden@kammarkollegiet.se