Oskarshamn NPP

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Source(s) for pictures

http:// www.okg.se/upload/Om%20OKG/Anl%C3%A4ggningar/Anl%C3%A4ggningar.jpg

(from left to right, O3, O2 and O1.)

Data:

• Operator: OKG (Oskarshamns Kärnkraftsgrupp), private corporation owned by E.ON Sverige (54.5 %) and Fortum (45.5 %)
• Capacity: total 2 603 MW. (O1: 492 MW, O2: 661 MW, O3: 1450 MW)
• (How much radiation it sets free?) Average radiation dose measured among OKG workers: 2,0 mSv.
• Dates of construction & operation:
  • O1: Start of construction 1966, start of operation 1972. Major renovations 1993-95, 1998 and 2002.
  • O2: Start of construction 1969, start of operation 1974. Major renovations scheduled for 2007, 2009 and 2013.
  • O3: Start of construction 1980, start of operation 1985. (planned already 1976, but because of the political debate around nuclear power, the start of construction was delayed to after the referendum about nuclear power in 1980).
  • OKG plans to have the plant running for at least ca 30 years more, or a 60-year life-term per reactor.
• How much a power plant produces: 16.8 TWh. Oskarshamn NPP's production is ca 10 % of Sweden's electricity production.
• type of reactor: BWR (Boiling Water Reactor). O1 was Sweden's first commmercial reactor. O2 has the same contruction as the two Barsebäck reactors.
• about exploration sites: Sizes
• how much waste a reactor produces per year: Missing. Spent fuel is stored at the facility for at least 9 months, then transported to Clab for intermediate storage for 30-40 years.
• Fuel information:
• Employees: ca 930. In addition there's also ca 100 people at the facility as subcontractors. During the yearly periods in the summer when the fuel is changed and preventive facility maintenance is done, an additional 500-600 people may be working in the area.
• number of people living around the facility:
• number of accidents: missing. "We have had accidents such as e.g. fires, high-current-cable accidents and falls from scaffoldings, however we have not had any nuclear accidents."

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Resistance

contact details of critical groups working against this facility

• group name, phone, email, website, postal address

Links

links to operator and critical websites

Oskarshamns Kärnkraftgrupp: http://www.okg.se/default____137.aspx (english)

References

Note: most of the references below are links to the swedish webpages of OKG, but most of the same info can be found on the corresponding english-language pages (link to english frontpage in the links section above). However, the swedish pages have been more recently updated.