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2007:04 Recent Research on EMF and Health Risks. Fourth annual report from SSI’s Independent Expert Group on Electromagnetic Fields, 2006
on many different genotoxicity endpoints have been evaluated both in vitro and in vivo using a wide range of exposure levels, and most of the studies have reported no effects. The most recent studies reviewed ... effects of UMTS-like base-station RF radiation on cognitive performance and well-being. Recently published studies on mobile phone use and cancer risk do not change the earlier overall assessment of the available...
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2007:09 DECOVALEX-THMC - Task C
the EDZ with time and to compare the results with measurements performed at the site. Three research teams are participating in this task: CEA (Commissariat of Atomic Energy, France) and the IRSN (Institute ... (Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear safety, France); ISEB (Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Computer Applications in Civil Engineering, University of Hanover, Germany) supported by the BGR (Federal Institute...
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2007:02 Stakeholder involvement in Swedish nuclear waste management
linear process of improvement and refinement. Stakeholder involvement has developed, over the past 15 years or so, in something more like a patchwork of different shapes and forms. Some of the forces that ... stakeholder involvement have been pointed out, contingently modifiying once more its overall colour and orientation. Questions have been raised about whether the European Union will become an important stakeholder...
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2007:23 On Safety Management, A Frame of Reference for Studies of Safety Management with Examples From Non-Nuclear Contexts of Relevance for Nuclear Safety
organizational structure and policy, feedback systems, power-authority, competence, integrity and identified threats to safety. The system theoretical framework has been developed and will be the subject for ... research project. In parallel with the empirical and theoretical studies the authors have participated in a Nordic network where participants from Sweden, Finland and Norway have shared their research concerning...
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2007:22 Safety Management An Introduction to a Frame of Reference Exemplified with Case Studies from Non-Nuclear Contexts
three-year long project. The case studies are presented and form illustrations of both high quality safety management and weaknesses of the safety management and take a look at information feedback about the risks ... three-year long project. The case studies are presented and form illustrations of both high quality safety management and weaknesses of the safety management and take a look at information feedback about the risks...
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2007:04 Link Between RI-ISI and Inspection Qualification: Relationship between Defect Detection Rate and Margin of Detection
A relationship has been established between defect detection ratio and margin of detection based on blind trails. The results are based on a rather small amount of data produced by personnel from one inspection ... more solid basis. 100 Barrie Shepherd, Sophie Goujon and John Whittle SKI English A relationship has been established between defect detection ratio and margin of detection based on blind trails. The results...
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2007:08 DECOVALEX-THMC - Task B
the APSE tunnel at Äspö HRL, as tested in uniaxial compression and other loading conditions with the intention of establishing the common and code-specific features of the models. The core samples of the ... diorite were treated with different initial mechanical and chemical conditions as dry samples, saturated with distilled water, formation water and saline water, with different durations of submersion, respectively...
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2007:17 Spent Fuel Dissolution and Source Term Modelling in Safety Assessment
SKI is preparing to review the license applications being developed by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) for a final repository for the geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel ... workshops on key aspects of the Engineered Barrier System (EBS) and spent fuel. This workshop concerns the assessment of the spent fuel performance and near-field radionuclide retardation mechanisms in the engineered...
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2007:19 An Applied Study of Implementation of the Advanced Decommissioning Costing Methodology for Intermediate Storage Facility for Spent Fuel in Studsvik, Sweden with special emphasis to the application of the Omega code
cost estimation of crucial parameters in decontamination and decommission processes. The work has been limited to older nuclear installations and facilities. Furthermore, it may be envisaged that the process ... comprehensive procedure for how to prepare a file of fundamental and qualified input data in the earlier planning phases of decommissioning and capital budgeting of major decommissioning projects. These parameters...
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2007:44e An Introduction to Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Safeguards
partly a result from the work done by TKM (Training and knowledge management), which is a working group within Esarda (European Safeguards Research and Development Association) that on a yearly basis educates ... Ane Håkansson and Thomas Jonter SKI English The compendium at hand will be used both within an outside Sweden as course material. It is partly a result from the work done by TKM (Training and knowledge management)...
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