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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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2017:15 Radionuclide release rates associated with bounding cases featuring relatively early canister failures in a spent fuel repository
Background In 2011 the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co (SKB) submitted a license application for construction of a geological repository for spent nuclear fuel according to the KBS-3 method, comprising of copper canisters, bentonite buffer, backfill and surrounding crystalline bedrock. The post-closure safety assessment of the repository, SR-Site, has been reviewed by the Swedish...
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2017:30 SSM’s external experts’ review of SKB’s safety assessment SR-PSU – consequence analysis
Background The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) received an application for the expansion of SKB's final repository for low and intermediate level waste at Forsmark (SFR) on the 19 December 2014. SSM is tasked with the review of the application and will issue a statement to the government who will decide on the matter. An important part of the application is SKB’s assessment of...
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2019:08 Recent Research on EMF and Health Risk, Thirteenth report from SSM’s Scientific Council on Electromagnetic Fields, 2018
SSM perspective Background The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority’s (SSM) Scientific Council on Electromagnetic Fields 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 when the Authority must give an opinion on policy matters when...
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2008:18 Concerns when designing a safeguards approach for the back-end of the Swedish nuclear fuel cycle
Sweden has for many years collected the spent nuclear fuel originating from nuclear power plants. This fuel must at all times be kept under supervision to render a diversion impossible; this is of course due to the possibility to make weapons from the material. One idea is to keep the nuclear material in a repository deep under the ground; this is not only to keep the material safe from theft...
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2003:47 Field Test of a DCVD Using an Ixon Camera with a Lumogen-Coat EMCCD Detector
Canadian and Swedish Safeguard Support Programs J.D. Chen A.F. Gerwing R. Maxwell M. Larsson K. Axell L. Hildingsson B. Lindberg F. Vinna SKI English...
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00:23 Swedish Support Programme on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
P. Ek (1), L. Wredberg (2), S. Andersson (1). (1) Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SE-106 58 Stockholm, Sweden. (2) ILG Consultant LTD, Hammerschmidtgasse 18/1, A-1190 Vienna, Austria. June 2000 SKI English...
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2006:24 Crack Characterisation for In-service Inspection Planning An Update
The need to qualify non-destructive testing systems (NDT 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 of NDT systems in particular are multidisciplinary and complex tasks. Development of NDT systems and demonstration of their...
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2005:63 Safety-Related Contractor Activities at Nuclear Power Plants - New Challenges for Regulatory Oversight
Alan Chockie SKI English...
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2004:04 (Volume 2) Dependency Defence and Dependency Analysis Guidance
Gunnar Johanson, Per Hellström, Tuomas Makamo, Jean-Pierre Bento, Michael Knochenhauer, Kurt Pörn SKI English...
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