Forsmark nuclear power plant

Forsmark nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Forsmark nuclear power plant is the 1st largest of 3 operating nuclear sites in Sweden, holding 48% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 35th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1980 and 1985; the median unit is 45.0 years old, older than the median of 44.0 in Sweden.

The 3 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 6.1 to 7.0 years (median 6.2) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Olkiluoto nuclear power plant (200 km).

3 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +15.6%, Unit 2 +24.6% and Unit 3 +11.6%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.