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 research and development needed for safe management and final disposal of residual products as well as decommissioning and dismantling of facilities,
• the state’s costs for management of the fund assets and review 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 review 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-profit 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 2023 amounted to SEK 3,058 million. They are distributed as shown by the following chart.