KALMAR COUNTY, SWEDEN

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Presentation by Mr. Ted Lindquist, Director of
Information, Oskarshamn Municipality, Sweden
Experiences from a Swedish Nuclear
Municipality -Oskarshamn GMF and EU conference
Nuclear Energy and local stakeholders,
Cernavoda 5-6 April 2006
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Oskarshamn -The Municipality with Energy
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Oskarshamn,
Sweden - Industrialized Municipality with core
competence in the energy sector and the
automotive industry - Knowledge regarding
nuclear energy and nuclear waste - One of the
main targets in Sweden for the siting of a high
level waste repository.Qualified democracy
project - Harbour with capacity in the Baltic Sea
Region - Airport with flights to the capitol
Stockholm
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Oskarshamn -Land Area 1000 km2-Inhabitants 27
000-Archipelago with more than 5 400 islands
-Munipality budget 100 000 000 30 income
tax -Swedish Municipalities are holding a
planning monopoly and veto Kalmar County -12
Municipalities, -240 000 inhabitants -largest
distance mainland 250 km, -largest width 70
km -
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Oskarshamn NPP

• - 3 BWR reactors
• - Supply capacity 17,193 GWh - 900 employees
• - 12 of Sweden's Electricity Production
• Central Interim Storage for Spent Nuclear Fuel,
  CLAB
• No direct compensation from the NPP to the
  Municipality

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Swedish emergency organization nuclear accident

• The county governments are responsible for all
  resque operations in Sweden. Four counties with
  NPPs
• The central authorities are advisors and there is
  no truly centralized decisionmaking, co-operation
  all levels
• Municipalities with NPPs has a obligation to
  take part in emergency planning, preparedness
  organization, information and exercises
• Inner emergency planning zone (12 - 15 km radius)
• Radiation monitoring zone (50 km radius)

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MAIN ACTORS SWEDISH NUCLEAR EMERGENCYORGANIZATION
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The Local Safety (Liaison) Committees in Sweden

• Swedish law 1981
• Public insight into the nuclear safety and
  radiation programme
• Nuclear and waste management facilities
• Municipalities with NPPS (5)
• Members appointed by the Government
• Annual Government grant
• Government/State institution
• Term of office, 4 -years

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The Local Safety Committees

• Tasks
• - Neutral information source- Inform the
  public - Follow the work on security and
  radiation protection at the NPPs- Shall obtain
  information from NPPs - Obligatory for NPPs to
  inform the committees

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Oskarshamn one of two alternative sites for a
national HLW repository in Sweden

• The disposal methods must be safe and technical
  feasible
• The site has to be suitable from a geological and
  social point of view
• The affected citizens and ther Municipality must
  accept it. By law a local veto is possible
• Transparency and open attitude from the applicant
  SKB
• Capacity and integrity important for the
  regulators
• Quality and sufficient time (1994, 2008, 2010)
• Independent funding from the state/government
• Suitable municipal organization. 5 working-groups

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Waste Management Oskarshamn
Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory Canister Fabrication
Laboratory
RD Underground
disposal Encapsulation
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Oskarshamn basic political policy
- We can only move ahead in pace with our
citizens - The waste is in our back yard - the
problem can not be voted away - We have a
responsibility to find a solution - we can not
wait for a miracle - We want to be an active
participant and form a partnership
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The Oskarshamn Model
Openness and participation Everything on the
table -real influence The EIA process Development
of basis for a decision by parties together -
decisions independently The Council as reference
group Competent elected officials responsible
towards the voters The public -a resource
Concrete plans and clear study results a
prerequisite for public engagement and influence.
5 working groups
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The environmental groups -a resource Their
members and their experts give us valuable
contributions Stretching of SKB to clear
answers We build competence so we can ask the
difficult questions. We ask until we get clear
answers The competent authorities our experts The
authorities visible throughout the process. Our
decision after statement by the competent
authorities
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Thank you for your attention