{"id":25244,"date":"2006-08-02T19:49:20","date_gmt":"2006-08-02T19:49:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:00","slug":"244-nuclear-plant-in-sweden-faced-possible-meltdown-says-former-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/244-nuclear-plant-in-sweden-faced-possible-meltdown-says-former-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear plant in Sweden faced possible meltdown, says former director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lars-Olov H&ouml;glund, former director and nuclear expert, is quoted in the local English-language media as saying that &quot;It was pure luck that there was not a meltdown.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>His claims were dismissed by current head of safety at Forsmark, Ingvar Berglund, whose statement to the press struck a reassuring tone. &quot;We know exactly what happened and it was an incident that could have been serious &#8230; but that it could have been the most serious 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