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Broken up in Falkenberg
The "Sigyn" docked in Falkenberg for recycling. after she was sold to the Stena Recycling AB. The process of dismantling and recycling has begun. The ship was likely to be completely dismantled sometime in mid/late August 2015. The "Sigyn" was replaced by the "Sigrid", which arrived in Sweden from the construction shipyard in Romania in December 2013. Subsequently, the "Sigyn" had been berthed in the port of Donsö pending sale.
Plan to ship radioactive material through Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River cancelled
A plan to ship 16 radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River for recycling in Sweden has been cancelled after delays caused by public opposition. An agreement was reached in 2009 between Bruce Power in Tiverton, Ont., and Swedish company Studsvik but company president Duncan Hawthorne said they delayed the plans to allow further discussion with First Nations, Metis and other groups. The move has been strongly opposed by aboriginal groups, the Bloc Quebecois, the NDP and a number of community organizations over the past two years. http://metronews.ca/news/canada/750516/plan-to-ship-radioactive-material-cancelled/
Sigyn laid up in Donsö
The "Sigyn" which had been shipping nuclear waste since 1982 from the Swedish nuclear power plants in Barsebäck, Ringhals and Forsmark has been laid up in Donsö, Gothenburg, on Apr 29, 2013, a few months before the "Sigyns" successor, the "Sigrid", has been tested and readied to be put into active service. Meanwhile the "Sigyn" remains in operational status in Donsö. When the new ship is operational, the plan is to sell the "Sigyn".
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