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2019:17 ENSREG 1st Topical Peer Review – Ageing Management, Swedish National Action Plan
This report include the Swedish National Action Plan addresses the results from the self-assessments and responds to the country specific findings allocated to Sweden in order to reach the Topical Peer Review ... This report include the Swedish National Action Plan addresses the results from the self-assessments and responds to the country specific findings allocated to Sweden in order to reach the Topical Peer Review...
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2019:16 SSM’s external experts’ reviews of SKB’s safety assessment SR-PSU
– consequence analysis and hydrogeological aspects Main review phase...
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2019:15 3D Thermo-Mechanical Coupled Modelling of Thermo-Seismic Response of a Fractured Rock Mass related to the Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Nuclear Waste in Hard Rock
Previous studies by Yoon et al. (2014, SSM Report 2014:59) and (2016, SSM Report 2016:23) investigated the fracture responses due to heat and earthquakes at major deformation zones using a 2D thermo-mechanical ... approach limits the investigation to horizontal and vertical cross sections of the Forsmark site and the model is not able to handle interactions of steeply dipping and gently dipping faults. Thus, the 2D approach...
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2019:14 IAEA Safeguards: Staying Ahead of the Game
from the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) on “Improving IAEA Safeguards for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: Assessing the Options for, and Feasibility of, Further Strengthening ... supporting research on nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation, for example by providing funding for universities as part of building competence for future challenges and to help resolve technical issues. Since...
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2019:12 Radiological risk assessment for the “Radon” type surface disposal facility in Chisinau, Moldova
Abstract The long-term conditions and potential radiological consequences of the legacy radioactive waste stored in the RADON-type disposal facility outside Chisinau is of concern for the central government ... risk assessment is to assess the long-term safety conditions of the facility and its potential radiological impact on humans and the environment as well as to provide a basis for decision making regarding...
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2019:09 General data in accordance with the requirements in Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
heavy water-moderated reactor and is located in a rock cavern. The reactor was in operation between 1964 and 1974, and in addition to generating electricity, heat was produced and delivered. The reactor output ... after some modication of the core in 1970, was 80 MWth and 12 MWe. Since 1974, the Ågesta reactor has been in care and maintenance phase. Fuel and heavy water were removed from the site in the 1970s. This...
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2019:08 Recent Research on EMF and Health Risk, Thirteenth report from SSM’s Scientific Council on Electromagnetic Fields, 2018
monitors current research on potential health risks with a correlation to exposure to electromagnetic fields and provides the Authority with advice on assessing possible health risks. The Council gives guidance ... is necessary. The Council is required to submit a written report each year on the current research and knowledge situation. This is a consensus report. This means that all members of the Scientific Council...
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2019:07 General data in accordance with the requirements in Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
general data relating to plans for the decommissioning of the Barsebäck nuclear power plant, Barsebäck 1 and Barsebäck 2, that will enable the Commission to determine whether the implementation of the plans is ... boiling water reactors with a net electrical output 615 MW each. Barsebäck 1 and Barsebäck 2 were shut down permanently in 1999 and 2005 respectively, due to political decisions. In 2006 the remaining nuclear...
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2018:22e ESS research facility Basis for emergency preparedness and response planning
spallation. Radioactive materials will be generated in the target and in surrounding components when they are irradiated by protons and neutrons. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) decided on ... protective action of sheltering. In addition, it is recommended to carry out pre-planning of systems and procedures for warning the population. Outside the site of ESS, SSM has assessed that no ground deposition...
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2019:06 The Changing Landscape of Non-proliferation and the EU
Background Maintaining competence and knowledge within the nuclear non-proliferation area is a necessity for Sweden to keep its international commitments of peaceful use of all nuclear material. As part ... Non-Proliferation for projects focused on the interplay between national and international legal aspects within safeguards, export control and illicit trafficking. The call resulted in SSM accepting a proposal...
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