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• Research

  The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority funds research amounting to approximately 120 million Swedish kronor annually. The purpose is to strengthen both the Authority’s own expertise and Sweden’s national competence in the area. For those conducting research involving ionising radiation, the Authority drafts and issues regulations, imposes specific requirements, carries out supervision,...

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• Research activities

  Research activities in the field of nuclear safety and radiation protection encompass a broad spectrum of aspects in terms of nuclear safety, radiation protection and nuclear non-proliferation. Nuclear non-proliferation activities imply preventing nuclear material and equipment for civilian purposes from being used to manufacture nuclear weapons.

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• European Spallation Source (ESS)

  European Spallation Source (ESS) is a centre for research that is undergoing construction in Lund, Sweden, by European Spallation Source ERIC, a European consortium. The first licence application for the ESS facility was submitted to the Authority in 2012. Taking place in several steps, this review will be ongoing until the ESS facility has been completed and can begin routine operation.

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• This is how ESS works

  The European Spallation Source, or ESS research facility, comprises a neutron source that could be described as an enormous microscope for examining molecular structures. The facility will make it possible to study materials in their smallest components and is consequently useful in materials research in diverse fields such as medicine, biology, chemistry, physics and engineering.

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