Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power plant in Forsmark, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Forsmark, Sweden that provides 14% of Sweden's total electricity output, and also the site of the Swedish Final repository for radioactive operational waste. It is operated by a company mainly owned by Vattenfall.
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Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | Sweden |
Location | Forsmark |
Coordinates | 60°24′12″N 18°10′0″E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | 1980 |
Owner(s) |
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Operator(s) | Vattenfall |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | BWR |
Cooling source | Bothnian Sea |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 × 1010 MW 1 × 1120 MW 1 × 1190 MW |
Nameplate capacity | 3,320 MW |
Capacity factor | 84.5% |
Annual net output | 24,000 GW·h |
External links | |
Website | karnkraft |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
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The radiation monitors at Forsmark were the first outside the Soviet Union to detect the elevated radiation levels resulting from the Chernobyl disaster in April 1986, over 1,000 km away, forcing the Soviet government to publicly acknowledge it after two days of them trying to cover it up.[1]