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Ågestaverket

Ågestaverket, a research reactor (pool) in Farsta, Stockholm, Sweden, with 80 MW of thermal power, operated by Vattenfall AB, Barsebäck Kraft AB. Shut down, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 6 research reactors Sweden has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 9 years after the first research reactor in Sweden, R-1 (1954). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Sweden

City

Farsta, Stockholm

Type

Pool

Thermal power

80 MW

Operator

Vattenfall AB, Barsebäck Kraft AB

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1963

Purpose

District heating

See also: every research reactor in Sweden · How research reactors work