Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Swedish Power station could get armed guard

The Swedish Local reports:
The environmental court in Växjö has decided that armed guards are needed to protect the nuclear power station in Oskarshamn. But the law does not allow for such a measure and so the court is handing over the decision on how the site is to be run to the government.

A security review of the nuclear power station has been on-going since the end of the 1990's, but a re-evaluation was conducted following the 11th September attacks in New York in 2001. Wednesday's decision from the environmental court is the first time in Sweden it has been deemed necessary to protect a nuclear power station with armed guards. The national task force, based in Stockholm, is
available, but is insufficient according to the court.
Those wacky Swedes sure are at the cutting edge of progress.It looks like the Swedish welfare state doesn't know how to "protect" anything.