From Risk Analysis to the Safety Case. Values in Risk Assessments

The foundation for work related to nuclear waste management is laid by laws and outlines e.g. the responsibilities of the reactor owners and the state, as represented by the authorities. The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB), as well as Posiva Oy in Finland, were set up by the reactor owners in the respective countries in response to the responsibilities of planning, conducting research and to implement the physical structures leading to a safe management of nuclear wastes. The Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) is the national authority supervising the nuclear waste prograro, and the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority (SSI) is responsible for radiation protection of personnel and of the biosphere (see e.g. SKI Rapport 99:15 and SKI Rapport 00:39/SSI-rapport 2000:17). In Finland those responsibilities are carried out by the Radiation and Safety Authority (STUK). (For a presentation of research see e.g. Salomaa and Mustonen, 2000.)