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Ship runs aground at decommissioned Swedish nuclear plant | Ship runs aground at decommissioned Swedish nuclear plant |
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STOCKHOLM — A ship used to transport nuclear waste ran aground Friday at a decommissioned nuclear power in southern Sweden, authorities said. | |
The Swedish Maritime Administration says M/S Sigrid had no dangerous cargo aboard and was on its way into the harbor outside the Barseback nuclear plant whose reactors were closed in 1999 and 2005. | |
The government agency said the cause of the grounding was unclear. There were no reports of leakages from the ship, nor had the hull been damaged. A pilot was onboard the M/S Sigrid when it ran aground. | |
The agency later said a tugboat was on location and divers would investigate the hull later Friday. | |
The entrance to the port is sensitive to winds, the administration said. The case was not considered as a rescue operation because the vessel has not sent out an emergency call, it added. | |
The plant is set to be dismantled starting in 2023. All nuclear fuel, which contained most of the radioactive substances, has already been removed, according to the plant’s website. | |
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