Westinghouse To Support Vattenfall In Dismantling Ringhals Reactors Westinghouse Electric Company and Vattenfall (both ENS Corporate Members) are extending their long-standing nuclear energy partnership into decommissioning activities through a new agreement. As part of the arrangement, Westinghouse will segment and dispose of the reactor internals and pressure vessels at Ringhals 1, a Boiling Water Reactor…
Vattenfall Begins Feasibility Study On SMR Deployment At Ringhals Swedish company Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) announced it will be starting work on a pilot study on the feasibility of deployment of at least two small modular reactor (SMR) units at the site of the Ringhals nuclear power plant. Vattenfall said the study is focusing on…
Framatome And Vattenfall To Cooperate On Ringhals NPP Modernisation Framatome and Vattenfall (both ENS Corporate Members) announced new contracts for the modernisation of the Swedish Ringhals nuclear power plant. According to the agreement, Framatome will modernise the plant’s reactor control system using its proven digital instrumentation and control (I&C) TELEPERM XS platform. The modernisation also…
Vattenfall Starts Working On Plans For New Reactors At Ringhals Last week, Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) announced that it is seeking approval from local authorities to develop a detailed plan for the construction of new nuclear power reactors near the existing Ringhals nuclear power plant, in western Sweden. Vattenfall already owns most of the land…