THE FIND: Sweden’s three nuclear power plants beefed up security Thursday after a trained dog sniffed explosives on a forklift headed into the Ringhals power station. Police were investigating possible sabotage.
THE RISK: Police declined to describe the amount or type of material found, but bomb technicians said it lacked a detonating device so there was no danger of an imminent explosion.
THE POWER PLANTS: Four of Sweden’s 10 nuclear reactors are at Ringhals, south of Sweden’s second-largest city, Goteborg. The plant is controlled by energy companies Vattenfall and E.ON. About half of Sweden’s electricity comes from nuclear power.
