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Chernobyl Fallout? Plutonium Found In Swedish Soil

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:04:54 -0000

When a reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986 in what was then the Soviet republic of Ukraine, radioactive elements were released in the air and dispersed over the Soviet Union, Europe and even eastern portions of North America.

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Nuclear watchdog charges nuclear operator over lax security : Europe World

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:20:08 -0000

The Swedish nuclear watchdog on Wednesday filed charges against the operators of a Swedish nuclear plant over failing to uphold security checks at the plant. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority said the Oskarshamn nuclear plant operators had failed to ensure 24-hour checks of people entering and leaving the site.

The security lapse was detected in connection with an inspection at the end of May, the nuclear watchdog said.

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The Local - Night security lacking at nuke plant

Fri, 30 May 2008 22:12:43 -0000

Oskarshamn nuclear plant has been found to lack sufficient safeguards to ensure that security checks are performed on everybody entering the plant

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Swedish police release two men after nuclear scare | Reuters

Sat, 24 May 2008 21:01:26 -0000

STOCKHOLM, May 22 (Reuters) - Swedish police said on Thursday they had released two men who had been held on suspicion of planning to sabotage a nuclear power station.

Police detained two contract workers on Wednesday after one of them was stopped in a security check at the Oskarshamn nuclear plant, on the southeast coast of Sweden, with traces of a highly explosive material thought to be TATP.

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Arrests at Swedish nuclear plant

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:49:23 -0000

Two men suspected of attempting to sabotage a nuclear plant in southern Sweden have been arrested, police said.

Both men were stopped at the entrance to the nuclear plant after traces of explosives were found on a bag.

The Oskarshamn plant - owned by German energy giant E.On - has been sealed, the company said.

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The Local - Swedish-UK nuke power deal goes bust

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:08:57 -0000

So far the Swedish government has kept pretty quiet about the state-owned energy company Vattenfall’s plans to buy up British Energy, a nuclear power company. But now Industry Minister Maud Olofsson has brought Vattenfall’s acquisition plans to a halt, splitting the governing Alliance parties in the process.

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Sweden: The Local - Nuclear reactors given 38 more years to live

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:14:04 -0000

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Nuclear Waste, State-of-the-Art Report 2007 - responsibility of those now living, freedom of future generations

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:12:32 -0000

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barrow in furness: Sweden halts nuke cargo

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:06:34 -0000

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Greenpeace activists board carrier, protesting nuclear waste shipment - International Herald Tribune

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:06:09 -0000

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