Studsvik Selected Partners to Advance 1.2 GW Nuclear Power Project in Sweden On 3 September, Studsvik (ENS Corporate Member) signed an agreement regarding the potential of a four-unit Small Modular Reactor (SMR) in Sweden. The agreement is with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy, GE Vernova Financial Services, DS Investment Partners, and Samsung C&T, with the…
Vattenfall’s Videberg Kraft Selects Rolls-Royce SMR for New Reactors at Ringhals Site Vattenfall’s (ENS Corporate Member) and Industrikraft’s nuclear company Videberg Kraft has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as the supplier for new reactors on the Värö Peninsula, next to Ringhals. This marks Sweden’s first new nuclear power project in over four decades, and makes Sweden the…
Framatome Strengthens Partnerships to Support Nuclear Fuel Supply and SMR Deployment in Europe Last week, Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) signed a new contract with the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member), to supply high‑density silicide low‑enriched uranium (HD LEU) fuel elements for the BR2 research reactor in Belgium. The BR2 reactor is…
Sweden Starts Construction Of Spent Fuel Repository In Forsmark On Wednesday, 15 January, Sweden started building the final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark, Östhammar Municipality. Minister for Climate and Environment Romina Pourmokhtari was present to officially start the work. The final repository will be ready for disposal in the 2030s and will…
Vattenfall Shortlisted Two SMR Technologies for Ringhals Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) has decided to shortlist Rolls-Royce SMR and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (also ENS Corporate Member) among six potential suppliers of small modular reactors (SMR) for new nuclear reactors next to the nuclear power plant in Ringhals, Sweden. The next steps will involve a detailed…
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…
Sweden Works On Expanding Forsmark’s Radwaste Repository Sweden’s radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) signed a collaboration agreement with construction firm Skanska regarding the expansion of the existing SFR (Short-lived radioactive waste) final repository at Forsmark. SFR currently holds approximately 63,000 cubic meters of short-lived low- (LLW) and intermediate-level (ILW) waste. It is situated…
Westinghouse And Fortum Evaluate New Nuclear Projects Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Fortum announced the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to study the possibilities for the development and deployment of AP1000 and AP300 reactor projects in Finland and Sweden. The MOUs establish a framework of collaboration for detailed technical and commercial discussions…
Vattenfall Exploring Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production At Ringhals Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) has decided to start a new project to produce clean hydrogen using electricity generated from offshore wind and nuclear. The Swedish company said it has received permission from the national grid regulator Svenska kraftnät to proceed with the deployment of the 1.2 GW Kattegatt…
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…