Ringhals nuclear power plant

Ringhals nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Ringhals nuclear power plant is the 2nd largest of 3 operating nuclear sites in Sweden, holding 32% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 74th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1981 and 1983; the median unit is 44.0 years old, the same as the median in Sweden.

The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 3.9 to 8.6 years (median 6.9) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Oskarshamn nuclear power plant (274 km).

The current net rating of Unit 3 differs from its design net capacity by +17.4% (915 MW at design, 1,074 MW now).

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.