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  • Technical Note

    Tecnical Note About Technical Note Under the Act on Nuclear Activities, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) reviews SKB’s applications concerning a repository for spent nuclear fuel and an encapsulation facility. As part of this review work, SSM commissions consultants to obtain information and provide expert opinions on specific issues. SSM’s Technical Note series reports on these...

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  • Decommissioning

    When the operator of a nuclear facility (i.e. the licence holder) is to decommission the facility, this must be done in a way that protects people and the environment from radioactivity in the facility. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority issues regulations governing the planning and undertaking of dismantling activities; what’s more, the Authority performs checks to ensure that the...

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  • Final repository for radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

    One of the duties of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority is to review the final disposal applications submitted to the Authority by Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB). We review the applications with reference to the Swedish Act on Nuclear Activities and against our regulations, and issue pronouncements to the Swedish Government, which then makes licensing decisions.

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  • A step-wise review

    The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) prepares licence applications under the Swedish Act on Nuclear Activities to construct, possess and operate nuclear facilities. In our preparatory work, we assess whether applications meet our radiation safety requirements.

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  • Radioactive waste

    Radioactive waste is generated in activities where radioactive substances are used. The largest amount is generated in Swedish nuclear power plants. Some of the radioactive waste comes from other activities involving radiation, such as healthcare, research and industrial operations. Radioactive waste is generated, for example, when end-of-life fire detectors have to be disposed of, in...

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  • Pronouncement on repository applications made to the Swedish Government

    On 23 January 2018, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, in its capacity as a preparatory authority, submitted its pronouncement to the Government regarding SKB's licence applications for final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. SSM recommends approval of SKB's applications under the Act on Nuclear Activities for licences to construct a repository for spent nuclear fuel, located at...

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  • International peer review of repository application

    The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has performed a review of SKB’s (i.e. Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB) application for construction of a repository for spent nuclear fuel, and recommends approval of this application, as stated in our pronouncement to the Government on 23 January 2018. A peer review has also been performed by OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) concerning the...

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