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…
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…
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…
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…
Vattenfall Signed New Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Supply Contracts Nuclear fuel and the diversification of its suppliers is definitely a hot topic these last weeks. In Sweden, Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) has signed long-term supply agreements with Westinghouse Electric and Framatome (both ENS Corporate Members too) to secure fuel supply to the five nuclear reactors at…
Vattenfall Plans Nuclear Investments For The Present And The Future Investments for the present and the future of the Swedish nuclear sector. This is the plan Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) highlights in its Annual and Sustainability Report 2021, recently published. Sweden’s state-owned utility said it plans to invest €193.2m (SEK 2bn) in its nuclear operations…
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…