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February 5, 2025, 3:06PMNuclear News

A ground breaking marked the beginning of advanced SMRs in Sweden. From left, Jenny Wirandi, head of engineering at OKG; Johan Svenningsson, chief executive of Uniper Sweden; Jacob Stedman, chief executive of Blykalla; Ebba Busch, Sweden’s minister for energy and business and deputy prime minister; and Per Erik Holsten, president of energy industries at ABB. (Photo: Marcus Beckford/Blykalla)

An official ground breaking on Monday for Swedish nuclear company Blykalla’s advanced reactor testing site marked a pivotal step in putting decades of research into action.

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