The Swedish government’s goal of bringing recent nuclear power capability online by the center of the following decade is a significant challenge but achievable, says Sweden’s coordinator for efforts to revive nuclear energy.
Above all, effective coordination is required between the various parts of industry, government and other agencies, said Carl Berglof, who was appointed national nuclear coordinator in January. The government’s roadmap calls for no less than 2,500 megawatts to be commissioned by 2035.
Sweden urgently needs recent electricity capability, as demand is predicted to double in the approaching many years because the economy becomes more electrified. Sweden currently has six reactors that cover a couple of third of the country’s electricity needs. The state-owned energy company Vattenfall AB and the Finnish company Fortum Oyj are amongst those looking into recent reactors, but investment decisions will still be years away.
“Sweden is considered an attractive investment country because we know about nuclear power,” Berglof told journalists in Stockholm on Tuesday. “But we also have to show that it is possible.”
There have to be clarity about state support, he said. The model must remain the identical for the brand new construction program, he added.
Vattenfall said last week that a brand new reactor couldn’t go surfing until the primary half of the 2030s on the earliest.
The company said it had narrowed the list of potential suppliers of so-called small modular reactors from six to 2 firms – Rolls Royce Holdings Plc and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy.
In parallel, Vattenfall continues to review suppliers for potential large-scale plants, including Electricite de France SA, Westinghouse Electric Co. and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Vattenfall has also announced that the corporate is examining extending the operating lifetime of its existing plants.
