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🇸🇪 #Sweden: Government Preparing Legislation For Construction Of New #Nuclear Power Plants #NuclearEnergy #NuclearPower

Country that is aiming for ‘more reactors in more places’SMRs,https://t.co/jgQRcpl4uF

— NucNet Nuclear News (@NucNetNews) January 11, 2023

You will feel the warm glow if you want.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stated Wednesday that Sweden is currently drafting legislation to allow construction of more nuclear power plants to boost electricity production in the Nordic nation and increase energy security.

Kristersson’s right-wing government has made the expansion of nuclear power generation a top goal. They are trying to reverse a process that has seen several reactors gradually close over the past few decades, leaving the country more dependent on renewable energy but less predictable.

…The proposed new legislation, which still needs to be passed by parliament, would allow new reactors to be constructed at additional locations across Sweden and was seen being in place in March next year.

…The new legislation would scrap existing rules that caps the total number of reactors at ten and prohibits reactor construction in other locations than where they currently exist, opening the door to building smaller reactors that many see as the most cost-effective nuclear option.

Even with their relatively small population, the maintenance shutdown of the country’s largest reactor in December had the government Warning about possible power outages. The prime minister was forced to ask Swedes to conserve even more power than they already were in the face of pricing pressures…

…”As it gets cold, the risks are simply much, much greater and the situation worsens even more today, literally speaking, when Sweden’s largest nuclear power reactor Oskarshamn 3 is shut down,” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a news conference.

“Many Swedes have saved electricity for purely cost reasons. Now we want to ask the Swedish people to save electricity also to reduce the risk of power cuts,” He stated.

…and I’m guessing he would prefer not to be in that situation again if there was anything he could do about it. He’s not wasting any time. The gears are in motion Because building the first reactor can be a tedious task. Keep your campaign promises and be proactive.

…Sweden’s environmental law sets a cap of 10 reactors, and new nuclear power plants may only be built in places where there are already reactors. These provisions should be eliminated, according to the government. The government wants the amendment to enter into effect in March 2024.

At the moment, there are six nuclear reactors located at three locations: Forsmark Oskarshamn Ringhals.

…When forming his three-party coalition last year, Kristersson signaled a growth of nuclear power that the previous Swedish governments had begun to dismantle. October was the month of dismantling. he said Sweden’s goal on electricity production would change from “100% renewable” To “100% fossil-free,” Which There is still room for nuclear energy.

The new coalition can’t start a minute too soon reversing the years of renewable destruction wrought by previous governments. Nuclear doesn’t happen in a year or five, for that matter.

Their neighbor Finland is a good example of that with the construction of the country’s first nuclear plant in over four decades and Europe’s first new plant in fifteen years.

This was the headline Last March,.

Finland’s much-delayed nuclear plant opens, providing relief for the power market

Finland’s much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor started test production on Saturday, operator TVO said, delivering power to the national grid which over time is expected to reduce the need for electricity imports and lead to lower prices.

YAY, right?

Do you remember when it was first created? scheduled Are you ready to get started?

2009

What was the date they laid the foundations?

2005

At least it’s finally produc…HOLD ON TO YOUR HORSES TRONS!

This is the headline for last month. This brand-new facility.

Finland warns power outage risks due to delay in starting nuclear plant

Finland faces an increased risk of power outages over the next few months Because of Another delay in getting started The new nuclear reactor Olkiluoto 3, (OL3)Fingrid, a national grid operator, said Friday.

Fingrid, the state energy authority, has advised citizens and companies to be ready for possible blackouts, particularly if OL3 doesn’t prove reliable. As countries around Europe try to curb energy use, they are also dealing with reduced Russian gas supplies as a result of the Ukraine war.

“There will be less domestic production capacity available than was previously estimated which highlights the importance of saving electricity and timing its usage to safeguard its sufficiency,” Fingrid made the statement in a statement.

This is a wonderful boondoggle. It’s not projected to come online until February now. What year is this one? That math is easy for me. They’ve been clanking around with this project for 18 years and still don’t have the lights on. They’d also shut off another reactor in anticipation, counting on this one being operational to pick up the slack.

Oops!.

…In October, the operator said cracks were found in the OL3 reactor’s four feedwater pumps after test production, further delaying startup originally planned to be in 2009.

Test production was rescheduled for Dec. 25, at the latest, starting Dec. 11. TVO stated that full production would begin Feb. 6, at the earliest, as opposed to Jan. 22.

Normally, there’s some sort of alternative sourcing plan. The Finnish backups used to be the Swedes, who wound up sweating their own electrical bullets this go-round, so absolutely none to spare…

…Adding to Finland’s concerns, neighbouring Sweden, a major electricity exporter, switched off its Oskarshamn 3 nuclear reactor for maintenance from Dec. 9-18 and its Ringhals 4 reactor is offline until late February.

…and, until that pesky Ukrainian thing, importing Russian electricity. Brilliant.

Everyone’s shooting the fish in one barrel. Every last European Union country’s fallback plan has been to rob Peter to pay Paul to keep the lights on if they run short.

Where they’ve jonesed themselves is that they’ve all run short at the same time. Winter has hit them all – as it tends to do – exacerbating the ruinous decisions imposed by their individual governments to hie down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald Green Energy City without replacing the wattage generation they switched off. Some cases can be irrevocable.

There is no Wicked Witch’s wand to wave to restore power generation of the magnitude they need.

In toto.

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