Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant

The Nuclear power station Oskarshamn is one of three active nuclear power stations in Sweden. The plant is about 30 kilometers north of Oskarshamn directly at the Kalmarsund at the Baltic Sea coast and with three reactors produces about 10% of the electricity needs for Sweden. All reactors use BWR technology.

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Unit 1 has an installed output of 487 MW, block 2 had 627 MW. Unit 3, which newest reactor block had an installed output of 1,194 MW. The nuclear power station Oskarshamn is thereby one of the largest power stations in the nordischen area by production.

There is also a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel from all Swedish reactors.

Operator

The responsible Utility is OKG, short the Oskarshamnsverkets Kraftgrupp OKG, which was acquired by Sydkraft in 1993, which is called E.ON Sverige currently. E.ON Sverige owns 54.5% and the other partner Fortum 45.5% of OKG.

History

On July 25, 2006, there were identical incidents in Units 1 and 2 and the plant was provisionally shut down.

See also

• Nuclear power in Sweden
• Template:Sweden nuke plant map

Coordinates: 57°24′56″N 16°40′16″E / 57.41556, 16.67111