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Nuvia, a subsidiary of France-based Vinci Construction, has been awarded a contract by Swedish energy company Vattenfall to dismantle units 1&2 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP. Nuvia will be responsible for dismantling, controlling and sorting all materials, including radioactive materials, present inside the reactor buildings. The work, which is expected to take place between 2025 and 2031, will involve up to 400 people.

Date: Thursday, 08 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuvia-contracted-to-dismantle-ringhals-12-11494065

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a Safety Aspects of Long-Term Operation (SALTO) mission to units 1 and 2 of the Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden, which operator Vattenfall plans to operate for 60 years.

Date: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-assesses-long-term-safety-at-Forsmark

Sweden's Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has presented its final report to the government on how the regulatory framework for nuclear power should be developed and what other measures may be needed for nuclear power to be expanded in the country.

Date: Thursday, 10 August 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Swedish-regulator-proposes-framework-for-expansion

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment has granted utility EnBW Kernkraft GmbH approval to decommission and dismantle unit 2 of its Neckarwestheim NPP. The plant is due to shut down later this month. The 1400 MWe Neckarwestheim 2 pressurised water reactor began operating in 1989. It generated more than 11 TWh of electricity in 2022.

Date: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdecommissioning-progresses-in-germany-10747989

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."

Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssweden-prepares-legislation-for-nuclear-new-build-10515661

Proposals would remove limits on reactor construction New legislation being put forward by Sweden’s centre-right coalition government removes obstacles to the potential construction of small modular reactors and will help the country in “reaching a climate neutral society with high robustness”, the secretary-general of the Swedish Atomic Forum said.

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.

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.

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.

Date: Friday, 16 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fortum-and-Karnfull-to-explore-SMR-deployment-in-S

Further 50-MW uprate scheduled for 2023 The three-unit Forsmark nuclear power station in Sweden. Courtesy Vattenfall. Power company Vattenfall has been given approval by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) and grid operator Svenska Kraftnät for test operation of Unit 1 of the Forsmark nuclear power station at an increased power level.

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.

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.

Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-Swedish-government-seeks-expansion-of-nuclear