{"id":278132,"date":"2023-09-10T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T13:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=278132"},"modified":"2023-09-10T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T13:10:13","slug":"nordic-nuclear-revival-sweden-to-build-10-large-capacity-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=278132","title":{"rendered":"Nordic Nuclear Revival: Sweden to Build 10 Large Capacity\u00a0Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nordics are renowned for their practical, common sense, which is why the likes of Sweden and Finland are backing nuclear power like their nations depend on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Finland fired up its 1,600MW Olkiluoto 3 nuclear plant in April this year, power users were bound to notice that average spot electricity prices dropped from \u20ac245.98 per MWh in December to \u20ac60.55 per MWh hour in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedes, not to be outdone, have ditched their impossible to meet 100% renewable energy target (simply because it was premised on adding ever-increasing intermittent wind and solar capacity). Instead, Sweden has determined to build 10 large-scale nuclear plants, and looks set to lift a ban on uranium mining to allow it to access its own fuel supply, independent of Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All sensible stuff, as the pieces below attest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden to lift parliamentary ban on uranium mining<\/strong>
Mining Technology
Florence Jones
21 August 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden\u2019s Climate Minister Romina Pourmokhtari has announced plans<\/a> to lift the country\u2019s ban on uranium mining and make way for greater nuclear energy capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish Parliament has shown majority support for a lift on the ban, according to Pourmokhtari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government plans to build at least ten large reactors<\/a> in the next 20 years to meet the demand for low-carbon energy. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told reporters in January that the government is \u201cchanging the legislation\u201d<\/a>, which will increase nuclear investment in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish ministers decided to phase out nuclear generation in 1980 and have historically taken an anti-nuclear stance. However, this policy was repealed<\/a> in June 2010. Pourmokhtari is a public advocate of nuclear generation and says it should form a part of Sweden\u2019s future energy mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe government is aiming at doubling electricity production in 20 years,\u201d Pourmokhtari told The Times <\/em>this weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor our clean power system to function, a large part of this has to be dispatchable where nuclear power is the only non-fossil option. Nuclear power also has a reduced environmental footprint and requires limited resources in comparison with most energy sources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uranium mining has become a point of concern for Europe\u2019s nuclear industry as Russia dominates the processing of the fuel<\/a>. Following the country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine last year, the EU has sought to reduce its energy dependence on Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kazakhstan, however, is by far the largest uranium miner. According to the World Nuclear Association<\/a>, the country produced the largest share of mined uranium (43% of the global supply) in 2022, followed by Canada (15%) and Namibia (11%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Parliament has been the site of heated debate<\/a> over the role of nuclear generation in a net-zero future. France, which generates around 70% of its energy from nuclear sources, has been vocally pro-nuclear. Meanwhile, Germany, which has shut down its final three<\/a> nuclear power stations this year, says that the fuel is not renewable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden accounts for 80%<\/a> of the EU\u2019s uranium deposits and already extracts uranium as a waste product when mining for other metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several companies, including Australia\u2019s Aura Energy and Canada\u2019s District Metals, have already\u00a0expressed interest<\/a>\u00a0in developing uranium sites in Sweden.
Mining Technology<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sweden Goes Nuclear<\/strong>
Powerline
John Hinderaker
19 August 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden is making a major move into nuclear energy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uranium mining is set to return to mainland Europe as the region seeks alternatives to Russian nuclear fuel and Sweden pushes to treble its atomic energy capacity, the country\u2019s climate minister has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden has lots of uranium:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romina Pourmokhtari, who last year became the youngest cabinet minister in Swedish history at the age of 26, said there was a parliamentary majority behind lifting Sweden\u2019s ban on uranium extraction and opening up by far the largest deposits in the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we have been saying for a long time, if you are serious about considering carbon dioxide a threat (I\u2019m not), then the only alternative is nuclear energy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 40 years after the completion of the country\u2019s last new nuclear power plant, Pourmokhtari has announced plans to build at least ten large reactors to meet an anticipated surge in demand for zero-carbon power.
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\u201cThe government is aiming at doubling electricity production in 20 years,\u201d Pourmokhtari said. \u201cFor our clean power system to function, a large part of this has to be dispatchable [i.e., reliable] where nuclear power is the only non-fossil option. Nuclear power also has a reduced environmental footprint and requires limited resources in comparison with most energy sources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, Sweden has led the way on several issues. But why don\u2019t environmentalists in the U.S. turn to nuclear power? Because their real aim is not to reduce CO2 emissions, it is to funnel trillions of dollars away from industries that generally don\u2019t support the Democratic Party, toward industries\u2013wind, solar, and utilities that put profit above their ratepayers\u2019 interests\u2013that do support the Democratic Party. Our mad drive toward \u201cgreen\u201d energy will impoverish the middle class, but that is OK, since the middle class doesn\u2019t vote Democratic anyway. And people will die, but since when is that a concern?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether the American Left\u2019s refusal to embrace nuclear energy is irrational depends on what you assume their objectives are.
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The Swedes, not to be outdone, have ditched their impossible to meet 100% renewable energy target (simply because it was premised on adding ever-increasing intermittent wind and solar capacity). 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