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Swedish nuclear watchdog puts plant on probation amid safety concerns

Detsche Welle 9 July 09 After a series of incidents that could endanger the security at a nuclear plant in Sweden, officials in the Scandinavian country have called for new security measures.

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has placed the Ringhals nuclear plant, in the southwest of the country, under special supervision after a series of incidents.

“The agency has on several occasions pointed out deficiencies that have been followed by measures from Ringhals, but the problems still remain,” said Swedish Radiation Safety Authority official Leif Karlsson……………

……………Sweden at one time had as many as 12 nuclear reactors in operation, but decommissioned two reactors at the Barseback plant in southern Sweden in an effort to cut back on nuclear energy. The current center-right government has announced that the country will continue relying on nuclear plants, disregarding a 1980 referendum in which Sweden decided to gradually phase them out.

Swedish nuclear watchdog puts plant on probation amid safety concerns | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 09.07.2009

July 10, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, radioactive