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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Swedish Nuclear Industry on High Alert after Explosives Found on Truck

Swedish Nuclear Industry on High Alert after Explosives Found on Truck

Sweden produces about 50 percent of its electricity from nuclear sources. It has ten reactors, four of which are based at eh Ringhals power plant, 45 miles south of the nation’s second largest city, Gothenburg. Yesterday afternoon, during a routine check by security staff of the Ringhals facility, bomb sniffer dogs detected explosives in an industrial area within the plant’s enclosure.Gösta Larsen, of the Ringhals plant, confirmed that a package the size of a “small fist” and explained that “under the first step…Read more...

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