Barsebäck's two 600 MWe BWRs on the Öresund were closed by government decision in 1999 and 2005. After internals segmentation in 2016-2019, large-scale dismantling began in 2020 and is expected to take about eight years; owner Uniper and the local council are studying new nuclear at the site.
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Current state
| Status | Active dismantling |
| Country | Sweden |
| Location | Kävlinge, Skåne |
| Site | Barsebäck |
| Units | Barsebäck 1, Barsebäck 2 |
| Unit count | 2 |
| Reactor types | BWR |
| Net capacity (MWe) | 1,200 |
| Owner / licensee | Barsebäck Kraft AB (Uniper) |
| Decommissioning contractor | UNNU consortium (NUKEM/Uniper Nuclear Services) for RPVs |
| Strategy | Deferred (SAFSTOR) |
| Final shutdown | 2005 |
| Decommissioning start | 2020 |
| Target completion | 2028 |
| Spent fuel | All fuel removed to the central interim store Clab. |
| Notable issue | Owner and municipality exploring new full-scale reactors at the site. |
Notes
Strategy: service operation (safe storage) 2006-2019 before dismantling. target 2028 = end of radiological dismantling per SVT; building demolition follows.
Timeline
- 1999 — The government ordered Barsebäck 1 closed under the nuclear phase-out act. (source)
- 2005 — Barsebäck 2 was closed. (source)
- 2016 — Segmentation of reactor internals began (2016-2019). (source)
- 2020 — Large-scale dismantling and demolition began. (source)
- 2025-02 — The UNNU consortium completed dismantling of the last of four Swedish RPVs including Barsebäck's. (source)
The timeline is append-only: corrections are added as new entries. Stated targets appear in the current-state table, never as milestones.
Related sites
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- Dresden Unit 1 SAFSTOR · United States
- Dungeness B Fuel removal · United Kingdom
- Hinkley Point B Active dismantling · United Kingdom
- Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3 License terminated · United States
- Hunterston B Active dismantling · United Kingdom
- Millstone Unit 1 SAFSTOR · United States
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Sources
- Anläggningar under avveckling — Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) (primary), checked 2026-10-11
- Barsebäcks ägare vill bygga nytt kärnkraftverk — SVT Nyheter, checked 2026-10-11
- Kävlinge vill återstarta Barsebäck — SVT Nyheter, checked 2026-10-11
- NUKEM and UNS dismantle final RPV at Sweden's Oskarshamn — ANS Nuclear Newswire, checked 2026-10-11
- Barsebäck Kraft - industrihistoria i nutid — Uniper (primary), checked 2026-10-11