Capacity increases in Forsmark postponed one year

The Board of Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB has decided to postpone the planned capacity increases at the Forsmark nuclear power plant one year.

The Board of Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB decided at its meeting 13 December to postpone the planned capacity increases at the Forsmark nuclear power station by one year.

”This decision is a consequence of this autumn’s events in Forsmark as well as the injunctions which Forsmarks Kraftgrupp got from the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SKI,” says Göran Lundgren, Chairman of the Board, Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB, and Senior Vice President, Vattenfall AB, head of Generation Nordic.

“Forsmark must now be given the time and resources needed to fulfil the demands in SKI’s injunctions. Our estimation is that Forsmark needs comprehensive work to fulfil the demands and correct its shortcomings. Therefore the work on increasing capacity is being put off for one year.”

This decision means that capacity increases according to plan will be undertaken during the years 2009 through 2011. According to the former plan, they should have been carried out 2008 through 2010. For capacity increases, permissions under the Nuclear Technology Bill and the Environment Act are required.

For more information, please contact:
Göran Lundgren, Chairman of the Board, Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB,
telephone +46 (0)8-739 57 79.
Lars Fagerberg, Managing Director, Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB, telephone +46 (0)173-810 01.


From Vattenfall's Press Office, telephone: +46 8 739 50 10.