Vattenfall has begun work to acquire land as it prepares for new nuclear power capacity near the existing Ringhals nuclear station in southwest Sweden.

The Swedish state power company said new nuclear at Ringhals requires access to more land on the Varo Peninsula and the company “is therefore starting work on property purchases in the area”.

“We are currently taking concrete steps in planning the construction of new nuclear power at Ringhals,” said Desirée Comstedt, project manager for nuclear power at Vattenfall.