Difference between revisions of "Ringhals NPP"
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* '''Operator:''' Ringhals AB, which is owned by Vattenfall (70,4 %) and E.ON Kärnkraft Sverige AB (29,6 %)<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | * '''Operator:''' Ringhals AB, which is owned by Vattenfall (70,4 %) and E.ON Kärnkraft Sverige AB (29,6 %)<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
− | * '''Capacity:''' total 3707 MW<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref>, R1: 855MW, R2: 866MW, R3: 1051MW, R4: 935MW | + | * '''Capacity:''' total 3707 MW<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref>, R1: 855MW, R2: 866MW, R3: 1051MW, R4: 935MW<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/tekniska-data_63983.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> |
*(How much radiation it sets free?) | *(How much radiation it sets free?) | ||
− | * | + | * '''Dates of construction & operation:''' |
+ | ** '''Start of construction:'''R1: Feb 1969, R2: 1970, R3 and R4: 1972 | ||
+ | ** '''Start of commercial operation:''' R1: Jan 1976, R2: May 1975, R3: Sept 1981, R4: Nov 1983<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/tekniska-data_63983.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
* '''Electricity production:''' 28 TWh/year (almost 20 % of Sweden's electricity consumption)<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | * '''Electricity production:''' 28 TWh/year (almost 20 % of Sweden's electricity consumption)<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
* '''type of reactor:''' One BWR (R1) and three PWR (R2, R3 and R4)<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | * '''type of reactor:''' One BWR (R1) and three PWR (R2, R3 and R4)<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
− | * (Sizes) | + | * (Sizes) Ringhals industrial area is ca 3 km²<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/ringhals-och-miljon.htm#Markanvandning - February 17, 2011</ref> |
− | * how much waste a reactor produces per year | + | * how much waste a reactor produces per year: ''(source about waste & management: http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/radioaktivt-avfall.htm , will investigate later -imota)'' |
− | * | + | * '''Fuel Information:''' LEU. |
* '''Employees:''' 1529 (2010-12-31)<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> Several hundreds of extra subcontractor personnel during maintenance periods every summer.<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/revision_63994.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | * '''Employees:''' 1529 (2010-12-31)<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> Several hundreds of extra subcontractor personnel during maintenance periods every summer.<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/revision_63994.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
* '''number of people living around the facility:''' | * '''number of people living around the facility:''' | ||
+ | ** '''Varberg municipality:''' 57,747 (June 30, 2010)<ref>http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
* '''number of accidents:''' | * '''number of accidents:''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Coordinates: 57°15′35″N 12°6′39″E | ||
=== Summary: === | === Summary: === | ||
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+ | * swedish wikipedia article about Ringhals NPP has lots of interesting details about history, accidents etc: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sv/wiki/Ringhals | ||
+ | E.g., on the 21th of August 2007, R3 had a short-circuit in one of its steam generators due to a monkey-wrench that had been "forgotten"(?) inside it when it was renewed 1995... | ||
+ | The wikipedia article lacks primary sources, but i'll investigate it properly later. | ||
+ | * one of the largest employers in Halland county<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref>, and one of the largest worksites in Europe.<ref>https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sv/wiki/Ringhals - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
+ | * "apart from the production, there's also a great deal of research and development carried out here."<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
+ | * A major project of modernisation and effectivisation started 2007, with a budget of 22 million SEK.<ref>http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/pagaende-projekt_63796.htm - February 17, 2011</ref> | ||
=== Resistance === | === Resistance === |
Revision as of 08:26, 17 February 2011
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Data:
- Operator: Ringhals AB, which is owned by Vattenfall (70,4 %) and E.ON Kärnkraft Sverige AB (29,6 %)[1]
- Capacity: total 3707 MW[2], R1: 855MW, R2: 866MW, R3: 1051MW, R4: 935MW[3]
- (How much radiation it sets free?)
- Dates of construction & operation:
- Start of construction:R1: Feb 1969, R2: 1970, R3 and R4: 1972
- Start of commercial operation: R1: Jan 1976, R2: May 1975, R3: Sept 1981, R4: Nov 1983[4]
- Electricity production: 28 TWh/year (almost 20 % of Sweden's electricity consumption)[5]
- type of reactor: One BWR (R1) and three PWR (R2, R3 and R4)[6]
- (Sizes) Ringhals industrial area is ca 3 km²[7]
- how much waste a reactor produces per year: (source about waste & management: http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/radioaktivt-avfall.htm , will investigate later -imota)
- Fuel Information: LEU.
- Employees: 1529 (2010-12-31)[8] Several hundreds of extra subcontractor personnel during maintenance periods every summer.[9]
- number of people living around the facility:
- Varberg municipality: 57,747 (June 30, 2010)[10]
- number of accidents:
Coordinates: 57°15′35″N 12°6′39″E
Summary:
short text (1'500 characters max.)
- swedish wikipedia article about Ringhals NPP has lots of interesting details about history, accidents etc: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sv/wiki/Ringhals
E.g., on the 21th of August 2007, R3 had a short-circuit in one of its steam generators due to a monkey-wrench that had been "forgotten"(?) inside it when it was renewed 1995... The wikipedia article lacks primary sources, but i'll investigate it properly later.
- one of the largest employers in Halland county[11], and one of the largest worksites in Europe.[12]
- "apart from the production, there's also a great deal of research and development carried out here."[13]
- A major project of modernisation and effectivisation started 2007, with a budget of 22 million SEK.[14]
Resistance
contact details of critical groups working against this facility
* group name, phone, email, website, postal address
Links
links to operator and critical websites
References
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/tekniska-data_63983.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/tekniska-data_63983.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/ringhals-och-miljon.htm#Markanvandning - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/revision_63994.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sv/wiki/Ringhals - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/om-ringhals.htm - February 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/pagaende-projekt_63796.htm - February 17, 2011