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currer's avatar

Thanks for this.

I have been wanting to know more about this assassination for some time.

Palme is not forgotten.

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Margareta larson's avatar

I followed the trial of Christer Pettersson and I knew there was another story!!!

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Lars Persson's avatar

Fascinating read. From a Swedish perspective, it’s always intriguing to see how others interpret the Palme case and its broader context.

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Walt Robertson's avatar

I remember when this happened. A few years ago, I was in Stockholm and stumbled across the marker.

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Terje Heltzen Wold's avatar

Interesting. Surprising

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Per Tengblad's avatar

Did we really have that amount of weapons grade uranium available, my take is that our bombs were mainly based on plutonium and that we shipped that to the US 2014.

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Ola Tunander's avatar

Thank you. I don't know. I just register that some well-connected people claim that this is the case.

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PFC Billy's avatar

What documentation or evidence exists showing that Sweden had a functioning uranium enrichment facility, let alone had enriched uranium to HEU grade U235?!

All Google tells me is that Sweden first tried to implement heavy water moderated natural uranium power reactors, then switched after their initial pilot plant to light water/BR types using typical low enriched uranium for fuel (ca. 3% U235), and repeated statements that Sweden BUYS their enriched uranium for power reactor fuel rather than producing their own, despite Sweden having uranium ore deposits. But there are references to several research reactors as well?

How far along did Sweden's nuclear weapons development establishment get? Theoretical research only, or did they undertake the build out of physical infrastructure required for starting to manufacture nuclear devices? Build any gas diffusion or centrifuge pilot enrichment plant(s)? Test any plutonium separation technology? Work "hands on" towards critical mass estimation?

I find references to a "pulse type" research reactor, these have been integral to every acknowledged weapons program I have studied. Also, these "pulse" reactors generally use HEU- If Sweden built such a reactor, WHERE did they source the HEU fuel from???

I also find a reference to scrapping a designed plutonium production reactor before fueling & startup- and then Sweden signed the nuclear non proliferation treaty ca. 1968.

Thanks in advance- I am a weapons nerd, in case you had not noticed.

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Ola Tunander's avatar

Thank you. I don't know. I just register that some well-connected people claim that this is the case.

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