Sweden mulls building new small nuclear reactors

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's state-owned energy company Vattenfall is investigating the possibility of installing new small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) at the site of an existing nuclear power plant to secure power supply, Aftonbladet newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Vattenfall, majority owner of the Ringhals nuclear power plant in the southwest of the country, has notified grid operator Svenska Kraftnat that it intends to install 2,800 megawatts on top of Ringhals' current output of 2,190 megawatts and to connect the first new reactor to the grid by 2032, the newspaper reported.