Sweden's first national report under the Convention on Nuclear Safety. Swedish implementation of the obligations of the convention

This report is issued according to Article 5 of the Convention on Nuclear Safety. It has been produced by representatives from the Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI), the Radiation Protection Institute (SSI), and the two nuclear power utilities Vattenfall AB and Sydkraft AB. The Swedish Government assigned SKI the task of coordinating the work. Before submission to the Government the report was sent for comments to the nuclear industry, regulatory authorities in the energy field, industry organizations and environmental organizations. It was also discussed in the SKI Advisory Committee on Nuclear Safety and in the boards of SKI and SSI. The Swedish Government adopted the report on August 13, 1998. Part A of the report provides general information about the Swedish nuclear programme and a brief political history of nuclear power in Sweden, in order to give the reader a background to the governmental decision to start the phase-out of nuclear power with Barsebaeck 1 on June 30, 1998. Part B provides information as a basis for the conclusions drawn about the compliance with the obligations of the Convention. By necessity this information is rather brief and strongly focused on those aspects which are addressed in the articles. We have tried to provide enough details to make the Swedish practices understandable. Data that might be missing will be added on request in the review process. The general conclusions about the Swedish compliance with the obligations of the Convention are reported in the executive summary