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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says Sweden is preparing legislation to allow the construction of more NPPs to increase electricity production and energy security. The proposed new legislation, which still needs to be passed by parliament, would allow new reactors to be constructed at additional locations across Sweden. "We have an obvious need for more electricity production in Sweden," Kristersson told a news conference. "What we are doing … is changing legislation to allow for the construction of more nuclear reactors at more places."
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssweden-prepares-legislation-for-nuclear-new-build-10515661
Carl Berglöf said on social media that the legislation will remove from existing law the maximum limit of 10 reactors. It will also remove a clause that says new reactors can only be built at existing site. “This proposal paves the way for SMRs in Sweden,” he said.
Mr Berglöf said that specifically, the government wants to remove article 6a of chapter 17 (“article 17.6a”) in the country’s environmental act. This article prohibits the government from giving permit to a reactor that is not replacing an existing reactor that has been permanently shut down.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-legislation-removes-obstacles-to-smr-deployment-says-head-of-atomic-society-1-4-2023
A proposal to amend Sweden's legislation on nuclear power has been presented by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari. The proposed changes would remove the current law limiting the number of reactors in operation to ten, as well as allowing reactors to be built on new plant sites, rather than just existing sites.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Changes-to-Swedish-law-proposed-to-enable-nuclear
Finnish utility Fortum and Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) project development company Kärnfull Next AB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore opportunities in new nuclear for developing SMRs in Sweden.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 16 December 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fortum-and-Karnfull-to-explore-SMR-deployment-in-S
The boiling water reactor unit’s increased output means its net electrical power will increase by just over 50 MW to around 950 MW.
It marks the first step in a plan to increase the plant’s net power output by just over 100 MW. The second step will follow in 2023 or later, but will also need SSM’s approval.
The Forsmark nuclear station in Uppland, north of Stockholm, has three plants. The power at Forsmark-2 was increased by just over 100 MW in 2013.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 22 October 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/vattenfall-gets-approval-for-forsmark-1-test-operation-at-increased-power-level-10-5-2022
Sweden's incoming centre-right coalition government has adopted a positive stance towards nuclear energy, calling for state-owned energy company Vattenfall to investigate the possible restart of Ringhals units 1 and 2, as well as to prepare for the construction of new reactors.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-Swedish-government-seeks-expansion-of-nuclear
“New reactors will be built in Sweden,” said Ebba Busch, whose Christian Democrat party belongs to an alliance that won the most seats in last month’s general election. The right-wing bloc is scheduled to become the Nordic nation’s next government in a parliamentary vote next week.
Sweden now joins other countries in Europe that are turning to nuclear power in response to record high energy prices and fears over the security of key infrastructure.
Swedes have debated nuclear power for decades, but the energy source has garnered popular support recently amid the ongoing power crunch.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 15 October 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/new-government-announces-plans-to-build-nuclear-power-plants-10-5-2022
Swedish utility Vattenfall has delayed the restart of unit 4 at the Ringhals NPP by two months to 31 January 2023. "The unforeseen required repairs are taking more time than expected, before starting up the unit after the yearly maintenance," Vattenfall said in a regulatory filing.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 17 September 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsvattenfall-extends-outage-of-swedens-ringhals-4-10013093
Ringhals-4, a 1,130-MW pressurised water reactor (PWR) unit that began commercial operation in 1983, was shut down in mid-August for annual maintenance when a pressure retainer was damaged.
The repair work was estimated to take three months and the planned restart was to take place at the end of November.
Anna Collin, press officer at Ringhals, said: “We informed the market that the shutdown of Ringhals-4 will be extended to 31 January. This is because ever since the damage occurred, work has been done to come up with a plan of how long it will take to restore the damaged component.”
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 16 September 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/vattenfall-delays-ringhals-4-reactor-restart-by-two-months-9-4-2022
With electricity consumption in Sweden expected to increase rapidly in the coming decades, power company Vattenfall said on 28 June that it is working to find how different fossil-free energy sources can satisfy the increased demand. As part of this, Vattenfall is initiating a pilot study looking at the conditions for building at least two small modular reactors (SMRs) adjacent to the NPP.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 01 July 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsvattenfall-begins-study-on-construction-of-smrs-at-ringhals-9815993