Nordic Alarm meets greater security requirements

Physical protection at nuclear facilities has become an important duty for society, where protection of the public is at the forefront. The Swedish security company Nordic Alarm is at the cutting edge of qualified high-security systems.

Clab is the Swedish intermediate depository for spent nuclear fuel. The nuclear fuel is stored here in two storage areas 30 metres down in the rock. A project is in progress at Clab since 2006 to strengthen the physical protection of the facility. Basic for the physical protection of the facility is that competent protection personnel is present 24/7.

The staff performs its duties from a monitoring station, which is well protected against intrusion and where there is a wealth of sophisticated monitoring equipment. Here are just a few examples:

  • Two independent systems to detect an attack and sound an alarm
  • A TV surveillance system with complete coverage for controlling and following up on alarms and any attacks.

The next basic component of the system is that Clab in its entirety is surrounded by a guarded area delimited by two high and stable fences with barbed wire atop. In front of this enclosure are also barriers to prevent motor vehicles to penetrate the guarded area.

The third is shell protection, i.e. building walls and roofs. All doors and windows are closed at all times, are locked and alarms are set. All other openings are protected by heavy grating. Simply put: It has to be difficult and take a long time for any unauthorised person to get into Clab and it is absolutely impossible to do so without being discovered.

New technology

Together with other suppliers, it is Lagercrantz Group’s subsidiary Nordic Alarm that is building area protection and shell protection at Clab. Nordic Alarm supplies a programcontrolled integrated security system with great flexibility and high operational reliability. The assignment includes:

  • Different systems for detecting intrusion and alarms
  • Surveillance cameras
  • Central units for alarm and for taping, analysis and presentation of TV images
  • Entry control systems
  • A network which is difficult to manipulate and can withstand atmospheric disturbances.