Sweden-based small modular reactor (SMR) project development company Kärnfull Next has signed cooperation agreements with landowners to conduct feasibility studies on two properties in Karlshamn municipality in southern Sweden.
Kärnfull Next said that over the past year, Karlshamn has been recognised as a strategically important site for new nuclear power in Sweden. The municipality has, among other things, received funding from the Swedish environmental protection agency Naturvårdsverket to investigate the possibilities for new nuclear energy production.
Analysis by the region of Blekinge – of which Karlshamn is a part – concluded the area as one of the most promising in the country for establishing SMRs. The national coordinator for new nuclear power, Carl Berglof, said recently that Karlshamn could rank among the top 10 potential locations for future reactor projects.