Country profile: Sweden
Summary figures for 2011
The following information is from the NEA publication Nuclear Energy Data, the annual compilation of official statistics and country reports on nuclear energy in OECD member countries.
| Country | Number of nuclear power plants connected to the grid |
Nuclear electricity generation (net TWh) 2011 |
Nuclear percentage of total electricity supply |
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| Sweden | 10 |
58.0 |
* | 39.6 |
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| OECD Europe | 135 |
858.4 |
24.7 |
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| Total | 329 |
2049.5 |
20.7 |
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* Provisional data
Country report
A lot of ongoing discussions regarding nuclear power and its role in terms of climate control have taken place recently. Public debate seems to be shifting from back-end to front-end issues.
At OKG (Oskarshamns Kraftgrupp AB), a decision to uprate Unit 2 by 2011 has been taken (along with the already planned uprate of Unit 3).
Source: Nuclear Energy Data 2008
Web links
- Kungl Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) (Department of Neutron & Reactor Physics)
- National Board for Industrial and Technical Development
- Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)
- Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB)
- Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten (Swedish Radiation Safety Authority)
Last reviewed: 5 October 2012
