{{Short description|Swedish nuclear safety expert (born 1940)}} {{expand Swedish|topic=bio|date=July 2025}} '''Lars Gunnar Larsson''' (born 1940), often called '''Lars G Larsson''', [[Licenciate of Technology]] and member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences]], is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[nuclear safety]] expert and former manager of the [[nuclear reactor]] safety department of the [[EBRD]].<ref name="ivanätverk">{{cite web | title = Nätverk | author = | language = Swedish | url = http://www.iva.se/natverk/ | publisher = [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences|Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien]] | access-date = 25 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="sipallabolag">{{cite web | title = Befattningshavare | author = | language = Swedish | url = http://www.allabolag.se/5567754808/befattningar | publisher = allabolag.se | access-date = 25 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="nyteknikgep">{{cite news | title = Svensk prisad i Ryssland för kärnkraftssäkerhet | author = Sara Peterssohn | language = Swedish | url = http://www.nyteknik.se/energi/svensk-prisad-i-ryssland-for-karnkraftssakerhet-6399354 | newspaper = [[Ny Teknik]] | publisher = | date = 28 May 2014 | access-date = 25 November 2016 }}</ref>
In 2014, along with the [[Russian people|Russian]] scientist [[Ashot Sarkisov]], Larsson received the [[Global Energy Prize]], an award presented yearly in [[Saint Petersburg]] for technological and scientific achievements within the field of energy. They were awarded the prize for their work with regard to nuclear safety and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. In particular, Larsson has worked in the [[Murmansk]] area with disposal of decommissioned [[nuclear submarine]]s.<ref name="nyteknikgep" /><ref name="eralarsson">{{cite news | title = Fin utmärkelse till svensk kärnkraftsexpert | author = | language = Swedish | url = http://www.svenskenergi.se/ERA/Nyheter/2014/Fin-utmarkelse-till-svensk-karnkraftsexpert/ | newspaper = ERA | publisher = Svensk Energi | date = 1 April 2014 | access-date = 25 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161128205823/http://www.svenskenergi.se/ERA/Nyheter/2014/Fin-utmarkelse-till-svensk-karnkraftsexpert/ | archive-date = 28 November 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="ivaompris">{{cite web | title = Internationellt energipris till svensk kärnsäkerhetsveteran | author = Pär Rönnberg | date = 31 March 2014 | language = Swedish | url = http://www.iva.se/publicerat/internationellt-energipris-till-svensk-karnsakerhetsveteran/ | publisher = [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences|Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien]] | access-date = 25 November 2016 | archive-date = 29 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161129021658/http://www.iva.se/publicerat/internationellt-energipris-till-svensk-karnsakerhetsveteran/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="ivaaktuelltompris">{{cite news | title = Internationellt energipris till svensk kärnsäkerhetsveteran | author = Pär Rönnberg | language = Swedish | url = https://issuu.com/iva-publikationer/docs/iva-aktuellt-nr-2-2014 | newspaper = IVA Aktuellt | issue = 2 | volume = 2014 | publisher = [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences|Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien]] | date = 24 April 2014 | access-date = 28 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="gepomlarsson">{{cite web | title = Lars Gunnar Larsson (Sweden) | author = | date = | url = http://www.globalenergyprize.org/en/laureates/2014/lars-gunnar-larsson | publisher = Non-profit Partnership "Global Energy" | access-date = 25 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="skblarssonnyhet">{{cite web | title = Viktigt samarbete prisas | author = | language = Swedish | date = 9 April 2014 | url = http://www.skb.se/nyheter/viktigt-samarbete-prisas/ | publisher = Svensk Kärnbränslehantering | access-date = 28 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="processnetlarssonnyhet">{{cite web | title = Internationellt pris till svensk veteran | author = | language = Swedish | date = 31 March 2014 | url = http://www.processnet.se/alla/internationellt-pris-till-svensk-veteran/ | publisher = Process Nordic | access-date = 28 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161128195420/http://www.processnet.se/alla/internationellt-pris-till-svensk-veteran/ | archive-date = 28 November 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Larsson was Sweden's [[science attaché|technical attaché]] to [[Washington, D.C.]], by the time of the [[Three Mile Island accident]] and is a former manager of a division of the Swedish nuclear technology agency and a former environment and energy policy manager of the Swedish National Federation of Industry. Between 1997 and 2000, he was the manager of the nuclear reactor safety department of the EBRD, and subsequently he managed the bilateral Swedish nuclear safety aid to [[Eastern Europe]]. He works as a consultant in the firm ''SiP Nuclear Consulting AB''.<ref name="ivanätverk" /><ref name="nyteknikgep" /><ref name="eralarsson" /><ref name="ivaaktuelltompris" /><ref name="gepomlarsson" /><ref name="gpomlarsson">{{cite news | title = Olofsson: Jag litar på energibolagen | author = TT Nyhetsbyrån | author-link = TT Nyhetsbyrån | language = Swedish | url = http://www.gp.se/nyheter/sverige/olofsson-jag-litar-på-energibolagen-1.855560 | newspaper = [[Göteborgs-Posten]] | publisher = | date = 28 September 2011 | access-date = 28 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="nucpolbook">{{cite book | title = Nuclear Politics: Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France | first = James M. | last = Jasper | page = 279 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qSAABAAAQBAJ&dq=%22lars+g+larsson%22&pg=PA279 | publisher = [[Princeton University Press]] | year = 1990 | isbn = 9781400861439 | access-date = 29 December 2016 }}</ref>
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