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Publicatie Laka-bibliotheek:
Half a century of Nordic Nuclear Co-operation (1997)

Auteur	Franz R.Marcus
Datum	november 1997
Classificatie	2.08.0.00/04 (NOORWEGEN - ALGEMEEN)
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Introduction

This is the story of one of the most enduring cases of co-operation among the 
Nordic countries in any field in the twentieth century. It started after the Second 
World War and is still continuing as the millennium approaches. The story covers 
important events that took place in or around the Nordic area and that influenced 
the development in the nuclear field.

These notes may recall memories for some, or serve as background for later 
historians who could set this co-operation into the broader context of the overall 
developments in the Nordic area in the second half of the century. Alternatively, 
it may provide a source for those who are interested in regional and specifically 
Nordic co-operation from which to draw some conclusions with respect to their
own work.

The story is inevitably seen from the level and through the eyes of the author, 
whose work involved him closely in organising, promoting and improving this 
cooperation. There have been successes and disappointments, but the task has never 
been disagreeable. With very few exceptions, everybody participated with pleasure 
and met new proposals with a positive and open mind. But individuals have had to 
act as their organisations, their countries, required.

There are certainly other explanations of the influences that shaped the development 
of this co-operation over the years. National accounts of the same events which are 
now being written may shed some more light on the background of individual 
countries' actions on the Nordic scene. It is the author's hope that this story may 
help those who are actually engaged in historical research on the origins and 
development in the nuclear field in the Nordic countries.

No central archive exists for the activities described in the text. It was therefore 
important to collect this information while it could still be caught.

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