Sweden’s centre-right coalition government is preparing legislation to allow the construction of more commercial nuclear power plants to boost electricity production and improve energy security, prime minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday (11 January).
The proposed new legislation, which still needs to be passed by parliament, would allow new reactors to be constructed at additional locations across Sweden and could be in place in March 2024.
“We have an obvious need for more electricity production in Sweden,” Kristersson told a news conference. “What we are doing today is changing legislation to allow for the construction of more nuclear reactors at more places.”
The new legislation would scrap existing rules that caps the total number of reactors at 10 and prohibits reactor construction in other locations than where they currently exist.
The proposed new legislation, which still needs to be passed by parliament, would allow new reactors to be constructed at additional locations across Sweden and could be in place in March 2024.
“We have an obvious need for more electricity production in Sweden,” Kristersson told a news conference. “What we are doing today is changing legislation to allow for the construction of more nuclear reactors at more places.”
The new legislation would scrap existing rules that caps the total number of reactors at 10 and prohibits reactor construction in other locations than where they currently exist.
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