Ågesta Nuclear Power Plant

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Ågesta Nuclear Power Plant
Data
Country Sweden
Operator Vattenfall AB
Built 1957
Start of commercial operation May 1, 1964
Ceased operation June 2, 1974
Reactors
Reactors shut down 1 (12 MW)
Power
Capacity  MW
Total power generation in 2006  GWh
Average annual generation (last 5 yrs) 28 GWh
Net generation 398 GWh
Other details
As of August 1, 2007

The Nuclear power station Ågesta (ASEA) was the first Swedish nuclear power station. Construction started in 1957 and ended in 1962, operations began in 1964 and continued until 1974. The station primarily provided district heating for the Stockholm quarters Farsta, as well as a small amount of electricity (12 MWe and 68 MW thermal).

The companies Elverk and Statens Vattenfallsverk were responsible for the building of the Ågesta plant. Before it was finished, another larger reactor, the R4 nuclear reactor was built at Marviken. The R4 reactor was intented for both electricity and plutonium production but it was cancelled in 1970.

The Agesta reactor, with 10 MW, was much smaller than the later Swedish reactor types. The reactor was part of a project called "the Swedish line" (Svenska Linjen), an international initiative to use natural Uranium (not enriched) for fuel in commercial power plants. The shutdown of the plant was mostly a result of low oil prices and poor economics.

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Coordinates: 59°12′21.68″N 18°4′58.34″E / 59.2060222, 18.0828722