Nuclear power in Norway

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No nuclear power plant has ever been established in Norway; however, the country has a legal framework for licensing the construction and operation of nuclear installations.[1] Also, four research reactors have been built in Norway. The four reactors were located in Kjeller and Halden and were as follows:

  • Kjeller reactors at Institute for Energy Technology
    • NORA (activated 1961, shut down 1967)
    • JEEP I (activated 1951, shut down 1967)
    • JEEP II (activated 1966, shut down 2018)
  • Halden reactor
    • HBWR -
      Halden Boiling Water Reactor
      (activated 1958, shut down 2018)

In 2019, Norway's last remaining nuclear reactor left in operation, the

global warming by 1.5 degrees.[4]

In 2020 it was estimated dismantling the

Kjeller research reactors and restoring the sites to unrestricted use will cost about NOK20 billion (US$2 billion) and take 20 to 25 years.[5]

There has been discussions about the possible usage of nuclear energy, which is supported by some industry leaders.[6] Statkraft together with Vattenfall, Fortum and the energy investment company Scatec announced plans to investigate building of a thorium-fueled power plant in 2007 which was never realized.[7] In 2010,

Jacobs Engineering Group in 2011.[9]
In late 2012, Norway's privately owned Thor Energy, in collaboration with the government and Westinghouse, announced a four-year trial using thorium in an existing nuclear reactor.[10]

See also

References

  1. ISSN 1727-3854. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 2011-08-11.
  2. ^ "Norges siste atomreaktor stenges – milliardopprydning venter" [Norway's last nuclear plant is shut down -]. www.dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). 25 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  3. ^ Haugstad, Tormod; NTB (2019-04-25). "– Vemodig at det er slutt på norsk atomkraft" [– Melancholic as Norwegian nuclear power comes to an end]. tu.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  4. ^ Strømme, Simen Hunding (27 March 2021). "MDGs vedtak om støtte til atomkraft skaper reaksjoner" [The Green Party's resolution on support for nuclear power rouses reactions]. NRK (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  5. ^ "Norwegian reactor dismantling to cost almost USD2 billion". World Nuclear News. 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  6. ^ Solholm, Rolleiv (2007-05-23). "Norwegian industry wants nuclear energy". The Norway Post. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
  7. ^ Williams, Liz (2007-05-24). "Green nuclear power coming to Norway". Cosmos. Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
  8. ^ Boyle, Rebecca (2010-08-30). "Development of Tiny Thorium Reactors Could Wean the World Off Oil In Just Five Years". Popular Science. Archived from the original on 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  9. ^ US patent 5774514, Carlo Rubbia, "Energy amplifier for nuclear energy production driven by a particle beam accelerator" 
  10. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original
    on 2012-11-28.


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