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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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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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Environmental surveillance and assessments
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has a comprehensive environmental surveillance programme for electromagnetic fields and radioactive materials. This programme consists of a number of sub-programmes, for example covering radiofrequency fields in the surroundings and radionuclides on airborne particles.
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Nuclear non-proliferation
Nuclear non-proliferation activities have the purpose of ensuring that nuclear materials, nuclear equipment and technical information are only used for peaceful purposes. ‘Nuclear materials’ refers to uranium, plutonium and thorium. These materials are used by the nuclear power industry, but they could also be used to manufacture nuclear weapons.
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Civil preparedness and response
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority is a civil emergency authority. This means that the Government has assigned us responsibilities that are of particular importance to Sweden’s emergency preparedness and total defence. ...
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Medical exposures
Radiation is used in connection with several kinds of examinations, therapies and treatments in the care sector. Those who perform medical or dental care are responsible for ensuring that their practices are safe for patients, staff and the general public.
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Radon
Radon is a radioactive gas that arises naturally in bedrock when radium decays. Long-term exposure to radon gas gives an elevated risk of developing lung cancer. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority estimates that radon in dwellings causes around 500 cases of lung cancer per year in Sweden, most commonly among smokers.
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Industry and trade
Ionising radiation is used in industry for applications such as measuring densities, thicknesses and levels, analysing materials, deionising air, and locating cracks or abnormalities. There are businesses that specialise in selling, leasing out, installing or maintaining radiation sources or equipment that can emit ionising radiation.
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Our work to enhance safety
Each year in Sweden, several thousand packages containing radioactive material are transported. Most of these transports are by road, but some consignments are transported by air or sea. A few consignments are transported by rail.
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Magnetic fields
Magnetic fields are a part of our everyday lives and constantly surround us. Magnetic fields are generated by electrical devices such as refrigerators, coffee makers, hair driers, television sets and cordless phones. The strength of magnetic fields from household appliances and devices is normally very local and much lower than the Authority’s reference values, so they are not assessed as...
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