Forsmark 1 nuclear power plant

Forsmark 1 nuclear power plant was working normally at fuU power on July 25, 2006. Routine maintenance was being carried out in the 400kV switchyard, outside the plant. The work was being done by the grid system operator, Svenska Kraftnat,... 

Ion-exchange processes are also of utmost importance in the Swedish concept for final storage of nuclear fuel. According to this method, the spent nuclear fuel will be placed in copper canisters that are disposed into bentonite-filled shafts at about 500 m depth in the granite bedrock close to the Forsmark nuclear power plant. In this concept there are four barriers that will prevent radionuclides from leaking into the groundwater (1) the fuel itself is very insoluble in water, (2) the copper canister is chemically stable, (3) bentonite clay (sodium montmorillonite) is... 

V-2] FORSMARK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Radiation Protection Instructions (2003), Instruction F-I-201, Forsmark Kraftgmpp AB, Osthammar (2003). 

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