Description

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) funds research to maintain and develop national expertise in radiation safety and nuclear non-proliferation, and to provide knowledge and methods supporting its regulatory work. Its call covers four funding sources: new nuclear power, including small modular reactors; existing nuclear power; management and final disposal of nuclear waste; and other radiation safety research, primarily outside nuclear facilities.

The nuclear power strands address safety, radiation protection and nuclear material verification. Nuclear waste research prioritizes SSM’s ability to assess licence applications and conduct oversight, including safe waste management, repository performance and decommissioning. Other radiation safety priorities include health effects of ionising radiation, AI applications in healthcare radiation protection, radioecology and radiological emergency protection. Funding supports doctoral projects, postdoctoral projects and research assignments, subject to funding-source and applicant restrictions.