Dismantling and demolition

All industrial facilities have a technical service life. When this has expired, it is natural to discontinue their operation and demolish them to create space for new technology and production. Sweden has a legislative requirement on demolishing nuclear facilities when they are no longer in use.

Barsebäck was decommissioned following a political decision and has been unused for so many years that it cannot be restarted. Other nuclear power plants in Sweden have been decommissioned for other reasons – some because they had exceeded their technical service life and some due to economic reasons. Read more about Uniper and nuclear power

Our assignment

Barsebäck Kraft AB (BKAB) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sydkraft Nuclear Power AB (SNP), which is part of the energy group, Uniper. BKAB’s assignment is to plan and implement the dismantling and demolition of Barsebäcksverket. BKAB holds a permit to conduct nuclear operations at the Barsebäck Plant. Operational costs are covered by restricted holdings of the Swedish Nuclear Waste Fund, as well as by direct funding from the plant’s owner, SNP.

“We have now arrived. At the point where we can demolish our plant. To begin disassembling the nuclear power plant. We dismantle it from the inside out, which will take many years. Some of the materials are radioactive, and we will need to store it in our safe interim storage facility, until the final storage locations are built in the bedrock near Forsmark. For a long time now, we have stood for safe and environmentally friendly electricity generation in Skåne. Our aim is now to prove that we can dismantle our plant just as safely and securely-”

Åsa Carlson, CEO

Business concept

Competent and trustworthy decommissioning.

- With the trust of our community, we shall safely, cost-efficiently and with due consideration for the environment, decommission the plant in line with owner’s intentions.