Johan Swahn is the director of MKG, the Swedish NGO Office for Nuclear Waste Review. He leads the organisation’s work reviewing the nuclear industry’s application for a permit for a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Sweden. He holds a Master of Science in Engineering Physics and a doctorate degree in Science, Technology and Global Security from the Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg. His doctorate and post-doc work focused on the issues of nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear waste and military fissile material disposition. Prior to his present position, he has worked as a researcher and lecturer in the fields of energy, environment and global security at the Chalmers University of Technology.