It bursts and crackles from the measuring instruments. The voluntary figures who participate in the exercise today have had to rub their clothes against welding electrodes, which emit a certain, but harmless, amount of radioactive radiation.

Fredrik Stjärnebring, who works everyday at the rescue service in Nybro, investigates Lena-Maria Blomberg, who is a figurine. The scenario is that there was a nuclear accident and she received radiation.

- There are still elevated values ​​so there will be a full-body clean-up inside the next station, he says.

50 people specially trained in the county

She is allowed to go further into the shower room where the clothes are stuffed in a plastic bag and she is allowed to shower with soap and water. However, she does not need to take any real shower. After all, it's an exercise.

- We do this to train and develop, and learn more about how our equipment works, how we get better at using it, and also make sure the individuals who have this mission keep up the knowledge they have. since before, says Erik Richardsen, emergency manager at the county administrative board in Kalmar.

Erik Richardsen, emergency officer at the county administrative board in Kalmar.

Should a nuclear accident occur in Kalmar County, about 50 people are at the disposal of the county administrative board, who are trained to move in directly and deal with people who are exposed to dangerous radiation. In addition, there are about 350-400 people in the county rescue services who will gradually be able to replace these fifty.

"Must practice as properly as possible"

Then it is important that the knowledge is kept fresh, says Erik Richardsen.

- It is extremely important. To learn right, and to create a certain nerve in our learning. If we are to have a functioning ability when it has been done properly, we must have practiced as properly as possible.

But why are you in Västervik - the nuclear power plant is in Oskarshamn?

- We would try to have this kind of activity in the event of an accident where, hopefully, there have been no radioactive particles, where it is quite simple. Therefore, you are not close to the nuclear power plant, says Erik Richardsen.

"Feels really safe"

Figurine Lena-Maria Blomberg is now decontaminated and finished with the exercise:

- It's great that there are people around the county who know how to deal with the people who have been in areas where there can be risks, it feels very safe, she says.