Bátaapáti National Radioactive Waste Repository
Bátaapáti National Radioactive Waste Repository is a repository facility operated by Public Limited Company for Radioactive Waste Management in Hungary. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.
Vaults 200 to 250 metres down in granite in southern Hungary, taking short-lived intermediate level waste from Paks since December 2012, with surface facilities open since 2008. Fifteen years of work and about 310 million dollars for a repository that takes none of the country's spent fuel.
Facility
| Stage | Geological disposal |
|---|---|
| Operator | Public Limited Company for Radioactive Waste Management |
| Country | Hungary |
| Capacity | not disclosed |
| Figure applies to | - |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | 2012.0 |
| Coordinates | 46.1889, 18.5750 |
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 |
| Yeniseisky underground research laboratory, Krasnoyarsk | not disclosed | construction |
| Beishan underground research laboratory | not disclosed | construction |
Sources
- World Nuclear News, Hungarian repository receives first waste · retrieved 2026-09-06
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