Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant

Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant
Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant
	Ringhals NPP
Country	Sweden
Coordinates	57°15′35″N 12°6′39″E / 57.25972°N 12.11083°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1969
Commission date	R1: 1 January 1976 ; R2: 1 May 1975 ; R3: 9 September 1981 ; R4: 21 November 1983
Decommission date	R1: 31 December 2020 ; R2: 30 December 2019
Operator(s)	Ringhals AB; (Vattenfall 70.4%,; Sydkraft Nuclear 29.6%)
Power generation
Units operational	R3: 1074 MW ; R4: 1130 MW
Nameplate capacity	2,190 MW
Annual net output	27,020 GWh;
External links
Website	group.vattenfall.com/se/var-verksamhet/ringhals
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Ringhals is a nuclear power plant in Sweden. It is situated on the Värö Peninsula (Swedish: Väröhalvön) in Varberg Municipality approximately 65 km south of Gothenburg. With a total power rating of 2,190 MWe, it is the second largest power plant in Sweden. It is owned 70% by Vattenfall and 30% by Uniper SE.

The plant has two pressurized water reactors (R3 and R4). A third pressurized water reactor, R2, was permanently shut down in 2019. On 31 December 2020 the R1 boiling water reactor was also permanently shut down.^[1]

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