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• 2012:07 Implementation of the Master Curve method in ProSACC

  region is specimen size-dependent, and should be treated statistically rather than deterministically. The Master Curve (MC) methodology is a procedure for mechanical testing and statistical analysis of fracture ... fracture toughness of ferritic steels in the transition region. The methodology accounts for temperature and size dependence of fracture toughness. Using the Master Curve methodology for evaluation of the fracture...

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• 2012:06 Decommissioning Cost Assessment

  The future costs for dismantling, decommissioning and handling of associated radioactive waste of nuclear installations represents substantial liabilities. It is the generations that benefits from the ... transfer and open communication about costs for the management of radioactive waste are prerequisites for the task to develop modern methods for public participation and thus to develop well-founded and justified...

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• 2012:03 The IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service Mission to Sweden in February 2012

  the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, to apply for an international review of the Author-ity and its areas of supervision, an ‘IRRS’ (Integrated Regulatory Review Service) carried out by the International ... staff. It also contains a plan to implement measures to remedy deficiencies that have been identified and to improve the radiation safety work of the Authority. Swedish Radiation Safety Authority SSM English...

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• 2012:02 Evaluation of activity build-up experiments

  previously been performed at Studsvik Nuclear AB. The effects on the activity build-up from iron, nickel and zinc ions were studied. The metal oxides formed were also studied with high-resolution microscopy to ... how different parameters affect the activity build-up in the performed experiments. Sofia Björnsson and Jiaxin Chen SSM English This project aims to understand how the water chemistry affects the activity...

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• 2011:34 Evolution of hydrogen by copper in ultrapure water without dissolved oxygen

  from this research was that the experimental difficulties of repeating Hultqvist and co-workers work are considerable and were initially underestimated. The main challenge was to obtain satisfactory tightness ... Nevertheless, experimental work conducted in this project has in principle reproduced parts of Hultqvist and co-workers work. Exposure of copper in pure anoxic water resulted in a measureable gas production rate...

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• 2011:33 Mathematical modelling of ultrasonic testing of components with defects close to a non-planar surface

  defect close to a non-planar surface. The studies have been performed in both 2D and 3D, and in 2D in both the anti-plane (SH) and the in-plane (P-SV). The results show that the presence of a non-planar back ... of defects close to the surface. The results show that the corrugated interface can have important, and in some cases, major effects on the signal response. The results depend crucially on the parameters...

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• 2011:32 The Euratom Treaty v. Treaties of the European Union: limits of competence and interaction

  Euratom Treaty (promotion of research and dissemination of knowledge; health and safety; encouragement of investment; supplies; safeguards; the nuclear common market) and areas which are in the competence ... (nuclear safety; management of spent fuel and radioactive waste. The Euratom Treaty in comparison with other international treaties and the EU Treaties (TEU and TFEU) has some special features, distinguishing...

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• 2011:10e Review and evaluation of the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company’s RD&D Programme 2010. Statement to the Government and summary of the review report

  Activities Ordinance), the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) shall review and assess the research, development and demonstration programme (RD&D programme) that the reactor licensees are obligated ... Activities (Nuclear Activities Act). The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) has developed the RD&D programme 2010 (SKB, 2010) and, in accordance with the Nuclear Activities Ordinance, submitted...

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• 2011:31 Allocation of Decommissioning and Waste Liabilities

  financial means to decommission and dismantle older nuclear facilities that are part of the Swedish nuclear waste legacy. It ought to be stressed that, if sustainability and long term credibility of the financing ... enhance transparency and thereby introduce a spectrum of multi-disciplinary judgement in these areas, analytical studies are made by external and independent scholars. Geoff Varley and Chris Rush SSM English...

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• 2011:30 A fatigue analysis including environmental effects for a pipe system in a Swedish BWR

  The effect of the environment on fatigue design has been the subject of intense study in USA, Japan and elsewhere. Several reports indicate a potentially large influence of the environment, leading to the ... fatigue. 100 Kristin Steingrimsdottir and Magnus Dahlberg SSM English The effect of the environment on fatigue design has been the subject of intense study in USA, Japan and elsewhere. Several reports indicate...

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