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• Subscribe to our news

  Receive selected updates in English from the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. We handle your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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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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• About the Authority

  The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority reports to the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise and has mandates from the Swedish Government within the areas of nuclear safety, radiation protection, security, and nuclear non-proliferation.

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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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• 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

  Nuclear activities in Sweden are not allowed to contribute to international proliferation of nuclear weapons. This is why the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority exercises control over nuclear material present in Sweden and monitors exports of nuclear material and nuclear products. We also work together with the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (the IAEA) and the European Commission.

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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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• National Metrology Laboratory

  The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority runs the National Metrology Laboratory for ionising radiation and maintains the national secondary standards for the dosimetric quantities of kerma, absorbed dose and dose equivalent.

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• The sun and sunbeds

  Many Swedes enjoy spending time in the sun and getting a suntan. However, strong sunlight has its disadvantages. Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in Sweden, and the incidence of skin cancer is quickly increasing. Root causes are deemed to be increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and use of tanning salons and sunbeds.

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• Magnetic fields and wireless technology

  Magnetic fields arise around electrical devices and near power lines. Mobile phones, wireless computer networks and baby monitors are just a few examples of wireless technology that uses radio waves.

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