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Possible sabotage, police investigate explosives at Swedish nuclear power plant

Explosives found at nuclear plant, Herald Sun,  AP June 22, 2012 SWEDEN’S nuclear power plants were on alert after a truck with explosives was discovered at one plant. Sweden raised the security alert for the country’s three nuclear power plants after explosives were found on a truck at the southwestern Ringhals atomic power station. Police said they were investigating possible sabotage.

Bomb sniffer dogs detected the explosives during a routine check on
Wednesday afternoon by security staff while the truck was in the power
plant’s industrial area near its high security enclosure. Police
declined to describe the amount or type of explosive material
found…… Security at Swedish nuclear plants has been criticised on
several past occasions.

In 2010, Greenpeace activists managed to break into the Forsmark power
plant site by climbing a fence, and staging a demonstration there.
Twenty-nine Greenpeace activists from Germany, Poland, Britain, France
and the Nordic countries were convicted and fined for that incident.

The Swedish nuclear industry has also been under fire for the lack of
some safety precautions while operating the reactors. Last year, a
fire broke out in a Ringhals reactor after staff had forgotten a
vacuum cleaner in the containment building.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/explosives-found-at-nuclear-plant/story-fn6s850w-1226404910944

June 22, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | incidents, Sweden