Swedish nuclear waste site draws concern

UPPSALA, Sweden, May 30 (UPI) -- The Swedish Radiation Protection Authority is concerned a company has not adequately protected nuclear waste it has deposited at a national site.

According to the government group, the Svensk Karnbranslehantering company has not met radiation protection standards for nuclear waste deliveries it has made to a storage facility in the Swedish village of Forsmark, The Local said Wednesday.

The authority, also known as the SSI, has since ordered the company to suspend all deliveries to the site until June 21.

"SSI makes very tough demands with regard to depositing waste for final storage. It has to happen in a way that is safe for humans and the environment both now and in a thousand years' time," group official Anders Wiebert said.

The SSI said the company repeatedly sent in required reports late and many of those reports indicated it had used inadequate radiation protection.

The Local said the nuclear waste violations did not pose an immediate danger to the area.