Sweden Ups Safety of Nuclear Plants

GALWAY, IRELAND--October 21, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Two weeks after the new Swedish coalition government announced plans to phase out nuclear power, the country's nuclear regulator has outlined a series of strict new safety measures for its plants.

The two-stage safety upgrade calls for nuclear operators to implement independent core cooling for all of Sweden's 10 reactors.