Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden

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Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden is a major Swedish nuclear facility on the Baltic coast, notable for being the site where elevated radiation levels first alerted the world to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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instanceOf electric power station
nuclear power plant
nuclear reactor
nuclear reactor
nuclear reactor
commissioned 1980
1981
1985
constructionStart 1970s
coolingSource Baltic Sea
coordinates approximately 60.4°N 18.2°E
country Sweden
county Uppsala County
designedBy ASEA
surface form: ASEA-Atom
distanceFromStockholm about 140 km north of Stockholm
fuelType low-enriched uranium
gridConnection Nordic synchronous grid
gridConnectionVoltage 400 kV transmission network
gridRole major baseload electricity supplier in Sweden
locatedOn Baltic Sea coast region
surface form: Baltic Sea coast
location Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden self-linksurface differs
surface form: Forsmark
municipality Östhammar Municipality
nearbyFacility SFR Final Repository for Short-lived Radioactive Waste
proposed Swedish spent nuclear fuel repository site
netElectricalCapacity approximately 1,000 MW
approximately 1,200 MW
approximately 990 MW
notableEvent detection of elevated radiation from Chernobyl accident
notableEventDate 28 April 1986
numberOfReactors 3
operatedBy Vattenfall
operatorCountry Sweden
ownedBy Vattenfall
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surface form: Forsmark 1

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reactorModel ABB Atom BWR
reactorType boiling water reactor
regulator Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
roleInChernobylDetection first site outside Soviet Union to detect abnormal radiation levels
safetyIncident 2006 electrical disturbance event
safetySystem multiple redundant safety systems
status operational
totalNetElectricalCapacity about 3,300 MW
website https://www.vattenfall.se/forsmark

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