Showing 18 news items in English from 2017
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Final pronouncement on repository applications in early 2018
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, which is in the process of examining SKB's applications for a spent nuclear fuel repository under the Act on Nuclear Activities, expects to make its final pronouncement to the Government on 23 January 2018.
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International best practice workshop in Stockholm on security of radioactive sources
Challenges relating to security arrangements, implementation of security requirements and regulatory supervision of strong radiation sources are the subjects of an international workshop to be held in Stockholm in January 2018, hosted by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and World Institute
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No ruthenium-106 has been detected in air in Sweden since early October
In early October 2017, low levels of ruthenium-106 were detected in Sweden. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority reported these monitoring results to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Later measurements have shown no levels of ruthenium-106 in Sweden. The Swedish Defence Research
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Swedish Radiation Safety Authority proposes new emergency planning zones and distances surrounding nuclear power plants
A Precautionary Action Zone (PAZ) extending approximately five kilometres, an Urgent Protective Action Planning Zone (UPZ) extending around 25 kilometres, and a supplementary Extended Planning Distance (EPD) of 100 kilometres surrounding Swedish nuclear power plants: these areas were proposed on
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New report on Sweden’s implementation of the obligations of the Joint Convention
On the basis of a Government assignment, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has produced a report on Sweden’s implementation of the obligations of the Joint Convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactive waste management. On 23 October, this report was
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DosReg gives health and medical services tools for averting unnecessary radiation doses
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority's new web tool, DosReg, will aid health and medical services in optimising their radiological examinations. The medical care sector is under a regulatory requirement to optimise examination methods to keep radiation doses as low as reasonably achievable.
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The EU’s amended nuclear safety directive implemented in Sweden
The amended Directive concerning nuclear safety is now implemented in Sweden in the form of amendments made to both the Act and Ordinance on Nuclear Activities, in addition to through changes made to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority's regulations. These amended enactments are in effect as
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Direct laser scanning of audiences should always be avoided
Exposing concert and other audiences to direct beams or scanning effects from lasers risks causing eye injuries among the onlookers. For this reason, radiation safety authorities of the Nordic countries – Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark – have together produced a recommendation and
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Report on dismantling of nuclear reactors submitted to the Swedish Government
According to Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, member states are for example required to provide information to the European Commission when nuclear reactors are to be dismantled and demolished. In order to meet the requirements, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has submitted a report to the
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Planning for environmental and radiation safety work internationally now reported to the Swedish Government
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, has proposed in a report to the Ministry of the Environment and Energy that several projects be carried out in the Russian Federation and Eastern Europe in the fields of nuclear safety and radiation protection.
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