Sweden’s largest nuclear power reactor suffers a fault
Sweden’s largest nuclear power reactor is disconnected from grid due to turbine shutdown
- Sweden’s largest nuclear reactor disconnected from grid around 10.45am local
- Oskarshamn 3 plant, 140 miles south of Stockholm, suffered turbine problem
- Engineers are probing the fault, a spokesperson said, without going into details
Sweden‘s largest nuclear reactor has been disconnected from the national grid after a fault with one of its turbines.
Oskarshamn 3, located 140 miles south of Stockholm on the coast of the Baltic Sea, was disconnected around 10.45am local time Wednesday.
It is not clear exactly what the fault is, a spokesman for the plant said – but turbine failure does not necessarily mean an issue with the reactor.
‘Oskarshamn’s reactor 3 is disconnected from the power grid due to a turbine shutdown. Troubleshooting is in progress,’ Desiree Liljevall told SVT.
Sweden, a country of about 10 million, has six active reactors at three plants: three at the Forsmark plant north of Stockholm, two at Ringhals and the one at Oskarshamn.
Oskarshamn initially had three reactors but two were permanently shut down. It normally has an output of 1,400 megawatts.
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