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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 | * 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... | + | ** 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. | 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> | * 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> | ||
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Location: On the Värö peninsula on the west coast of Sweden, ca 60 km south of Gothenburg in the municipality of Varberg. Coordinates: 57°15′35″N 12°6′39″E
- 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?) Possibe sources: http://www.vattenfall.se/sv/stralskydd.htm
- Dates of construction & operation: Vattenfall started buying land on the Värö peninsula in 1965.[4]
- 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[5]
- Electricity production: 28 TWh/year (almost 20 % of Sweden's electricity consumption)[6]
- type of reactor: One BWR (R1) and three PWR (R2, R3 and R4)[7]
- (Sizes) Ringhals industrial area is ca 3 km²[8]
- 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. Vattenfall buys uranium from Australia, Namibia, Canada, and Russia.[9]
- Employees: 1529 (2010-12-31)[10] Several hundreds of extra subcontractor personnel during maintenance periods every summer.[11]
- number of people living around the facility:
- Varberg municipality: 57,747 (June 30, 2010)[12]
- number of accidents: info missing, some may be found in the swedish wikipedia article, but would need a primary source (see below)
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[13], and one of the largest worksites in Europe.[14]
- "apart from the production, there's also a great deal of research and development carried out here."[15]
- A major project of modernisation and effectivisation started 2007, with a budget of 22 million SEK.[16]
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/ringhals-historia.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/fragor-och-svar-om-karnkraft.htm#faq_10 - 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
