Forsmark nuclear power plant 3
Gross capacity
1,208MW
Forsmark nuclear power plant 3 is a boiling water reactor unit at Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden rated at 1,208 MW gross. It is operating. Commercial operation began 18 Aug 1985.
Specification
| Reactor type | Boiling water reactor (BWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | ASEA-Atom BWRAA-IV, BWR-3000 in the source |
| Size | Largeabove 300 MWe |
| Coolant | Light water |
| Moderator | Light water |
| Gross capacity | 1,208MW |
| Net capacity (reference) | 1,172MW |
| Net capacity (design) | 1,050MW |
| Thermal output | 3,300MWt |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Typical enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
Ownership & location
| Site | Forsmark nuclear power plant |
|---|---|
| Unit | 3 |
| Country | Sweden |
| Owner | Forsmark Kraftgrupp AB100% |
| Operator | Forsmark Kraftgrupp |
| Coordinates | 60.4028, 18.1744 |
Live status
Nord Pool UMM, declared availability
State
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loading
Available capacity
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Last 90 days, one cell per day
Declared: an outage or limit the operator has announced. No outage declared is not a confirmation that the unit is running.
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Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Uranium dioxide pellets in zirconium-alloy cladding
Enrichment
3–5% U-235
Who makes this assembly
- Framatome BWR fuel assemblies
- Global Nuclear Fuel BWR fuel assemblies
- Westinghouse Electric Company BWR fuel assemblies
Supply position
Sweden runs 4 operating units on BWR fuel. 3 fabricators are documented for it. No documented fabricator is based in Sweden. Country exposure
Upstream
Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units,
utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.
Timeline
- 1 Jan 1979Construction start
- 28 Oct 1984First criticality
- 5 Mar 1985Grid connection
- 18 Aug 1985Commercial operation
Other units at Forsmark nuclear power plant
| Unit | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|
| Forsmark nuclear power plant 1 | 1,078 | |
| Forsmark nuclear power plant 2 | 1,160 |
Other AA-IV, BWR-3000 units
2 units worldwide share this model designation.
| Unit | Country | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oskarshamn nuclear power plant 3 | Sweden | 1,450 |
Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06 · this unit last researched by GEM on 2024-05-09
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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