Johanna Hansen

Senior Adviser, Posiva Oy

Johanna started to work at Posiva 1997 and first years she coordinated site investigations at Hästholmen site as site manager. After selection of Olkiluoto site she has worked almost 25 years as Design and R&D coordinator with several topics like disposal concept development (backfill and closure), full-scale demonstrations and monitoring like Full-scale In Situ System Test and Trial Run for Final Disposal. She also participates to the international co-operation like coordination of SKB-Posiva co-operation and represents Posiva in European Joint Programme for Waste management EURAD-2 General Assembly. She has coordinated FP7 Project DOPAS 2012-2016 and was Posiva representative in IGD-TP (Implementing Geological Disposal – Technology Platform) Secretariat 2023-2024. Currently she works as Senior Adviser in Engineered Barriers and Long-term safety.