Swedish nuclear reactor among the worst in the world
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Oskarshamn 1 is one of the world’s worst nuclear reactors, according to
a new finding and classification of the most dangerous nuclear power
stations.
Sweden’s oldest reactor has suffered one failure after another.
First turbine vibration, then it led a dislocated feed of water valve
to high water level. Both triggered scram, and showed disorder in its
operations as which instructions were effective.
According to Swedish technology paper, Ny Teknik, with the help of data
from the International Energy Agency (IAEA), which carried out an
investigation into how well the world’s nuclear reactors, which started
before 1980 are efficient in producing energy in relative to its
capacity.
The Swedish reactor Oskarshamn 1 is under investigation and has been
classed as the world’s fourth worst of its kind. Besides it persistent
and numerous technical inefficiencies’, it also only produced 61.3
percent the electricity of its capacity.
The reactor according to Ny Teknik is classified at number 105 and only
Japanese nuclear plant Mihama recently shut and newly renovated
Canadian Bruce 2 have managed to do worse.
Oskarshamn 1 has virtually stood still over the past two years,
producing nothing in the name of power due to persistent technical
problems. The idea is that it would start operations again on Thursday
12 September. However, it is unclear whether it can be done because the
plant is still struggling with technical problems.
The world’s best reactor is in Finland. Olkiluoto-1 started in 1979 and
has since been producing full 92.2 percent of energy to its capacity.
By Scancomark.com Team
