The Government of Sweden has proposed taking a majority stake in nuclear power developer Videberg Kraft as part of a broader plan to support new nuclear construction and reduce investment risks, according to a spring amending budget for 2026.
The Videberg project involves plans to build three to five small modular reactor units with a combined capacity of about 1,500 MW at the existing Ringhals site on the Värö peninsula in southwest Sweden.
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