Vattenfall: “Nuclear Is Among The Keys To Supporting The Energy Transition” Swedish company Vattenfall, ENS Corporate Member, recently published its Annual and Sustainability Report 2020. Overviewing the last year’s activities in the nuclear sector, Vattenfall highlights remarkable progress and investments, aiming to keep the nuclear power at the core of the Swedish electricity system. Indeed,…
Swedes Support Nuclear Energy And Potential New-Build A recent poll has shown that about half of Swedes would consider building new nuclear power and see nuclear as a tool to achieve the country’s climate goals. According to the poll, 46% of respondents wanted to continue using nuclear power and, if necessary, build new reactor units,…
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…
NNTP To Boost The Training Cooperation In The Nordic Countries The Nordic nuclear power companies, TVO Group, Vattenfall (both ENS Corporate Members), Fortum and Uniper, engage in extensive cooperation to promote the development of the nuclear industry. The Nordic Nuclear Trainee Program organised by the nuclear power companies is so designed to provide new professionals…
Sweden Approves SKB Final Repository Project On 27th January, the Swedish Government approved the project proposed by SKB to build a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark and an encapsulation plant in Oskarshamn. The final repository project will bring investments of around SEK19bn (approximately €1.8bn) and will create about 1,500 jobs. The projects…
Swedish Joint Venture Funded For Demonstration Lead-Cooled SMR The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded Swedish Modular Reactors AB – a joint venture between Uniper Sweden and LeadCold, in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) – funding of just over SEK99 million (EUR9.3 million) in support of the construction of a demonstration LeadCold SEALER…
GE Hitachi And Kärnfull Announce SMR Cooperation in Sweden A Memorandum of Understanding on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) has been signed between Kärnfull Next and GE Hitachi (ENS Corporate Member) for the BWRX-300, a 300-megawatt water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems. The model leverages the design and licensing basis of larger boiling water reactors,…
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…
Support For Nuclear Energy Marks New Record In Sweden The support for the use of nuclear power in Sweden is at a record high level, according to a recent opinion poll by Novus for Analysgruppen, a group of experts and researchers from the energy sector, industry and academy. More than half of the respondents, 56%,…
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…