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• 2006:15e Safety and Radiation Protection at Swedish Nuclear Power Plants 2005

  (SKI) supervisory and regulatory activities are based assume that multiple physical barriers will exist and that a plant-specific defence-in-depth system will be implemented at each plant and that the licensee ... material and the plant personnel and surroundings. In the case of nuclear reactors in operation, the barriers comprise the fuel itself, the fuel cladding, the reactor pressure-bearing primary system and the...

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• 2006:02 Recent Research on EMF and Health Risks. Third annual report from SSIs Independent Expert Group on Electromagnetic Fields 2005

  REFLEX programme suggest genotoxic effects from exposure to relatively weak extremely low frequency and radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields. However, results from other recent studies were negative ... are sparse. However, for longterm use and acoustic neuroma there is a concern, and more information is required. The few studies that have been published on health risks among populations living near transmitters...

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• 2006:36 Mechanical Integrity of Canisters Using a Fracture Mechanics Approach

  This report presents the methods and results of a research project for Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) about numerical modeling of mechanical integrity of cast-iron canisters for the final disposal ... Sweden, using combined boundary element (BEM) and finite element (FEM) methods The objectives of the project are: 1) to investigate the possibility of initiation and growth of fractures in the cast-iron canisters...

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• 2006:24 Crack Characterisation for In-service Inspection Planning An Update

  systems) for pre- and in-service inspection has been recognised to a greater or lesser extent for many years in many countries engaged in nuclear power generation. However, NDT in general and qualification ... particular are multidisciplinary and complex tasks. Development of NDT systems and demonstration of their effectiveness by qualifications require good knowledge in the NDT methods and techniques that are to be...

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