Forsmark is a small town on the coast of Uplandia, Sweden, and the location of the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant. Uplandia, or Uppland, is a historical Province or Landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. ...
Because of the sensitive instruments located in the nuclear power plant for the purpose of detecting local leaks, Forsmark was, on April 27, 1986, the first place outside the Soviet Union where the signs of the Chernobyl accident became apparent. When workers at the plant were found to carry radioactive particles, the origin of the leak was investigated and it eventually became clear that the contamination came from the atmosphere rather than from the Forsmark plant itself. A nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The nuclear power plant at Chernobyl prior to the completion of the sarcophagus. ...
External links
Forsmark kraftgrupp (Forsmark Powergroup), page also availible in english.
Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Sweden, and also the site of the Swedish Final repository for radioactive operational waste.
Forsmark is the proposed site for the long-term burial of all spent fuel from Swedish nuclear power reactors, using the KBS-3 process.
Both the SKI and the safety chief of Forsmark power plant disagree with that opinion though and say that the incident was serious but the description provided by Höglund was incorrect and that there was no risk of a meltdown.
Forsmark is a village with 59 inhabitants on east coast of Uppland, Sweden.
Because of the sensitive instruments located in the nuclear power plant for the purpose of detecting local leaks, Forsmark was, on April 27, 1986, the first place outside the Soviet Union where the signs of the Chernobyl accident became apparent.
When workers at the plant were found to carry radioactive particles, the origin of the leak was investigated and it eventually became clear that the contamination came from the atmosphere rather than from the Forsmark plant itself.