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Press Release: Yearly Maintenance Outage Starts on Oskarshamn 1
2010-08-13: On Sunday the yearly outage season at OKG will begin with Oskarshamn 1 (O1) leaving the grid. The outage is planned to continue until 21 September.
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Press Release: Oskarshamn 1 Producing Again
2010-08-06: In the night between Wednesday-Thursday restart of Oskarshamn 1 was commenced following the scram which was caused by a disturbance on the outer grid. The unit was turned to the grid again yesterday at lunch-time.
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Press Release: Short Operational Interruption at Oskarshamn 1
2010-08-04: In the night between 3 and 4 August Oskarshamn 1 tripped due to a disturbance on the outer grid.
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Press Release: Oskarshamn 3 has been restarted
2010-07-22: Oskarshamn 3 (O3) was synchronized to the grid again on Wednesday July 21. The reactor was taken off the power grid on July 13 due to a heavy thunderstorm. The output will however be limited for some time and will be on circa 75 per cent (760 MW), as a consequence of problems with the regulation in the turbine condensate system and the previously identified vibrations. With the purpose to attend to these problems, unit Oskarshamn 3 will be shut down for measures between the 4th and 12th of August.
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Press Release: Oskarshamn 3 stopped due to thunderstorm
2010-07-14: Last night on Tuesday July 13, a thunderstorm caused disturbances to the Swedish power grid, which lead to that Oskarshamn 3 (unit O3) was stopped.
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Press Release: Last Stage of Oskarshamn 2 Modernization To Be Postponed
2010-07-02: OKG has today decided to postpone the last stage of the modernization of Oskarshamn 2 (O2). According to the original time schedule, the last phase, with among others a power uprate to 840 MW, should have been implemented during the yearly outage 2011. The reason for the postponement is that the mission has appeared to be more comprehensive and complex than earlier assessed.
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Press Release: Oskarshamn 1 Restarted after Short Interruption
2010-06-18: On Thursday, 17 June, Oskarshamn 1 (O1) was reconnected to the grid following the short operational interruption which lasted somewhat more than a week.
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Press Release: Scram at Oskarshamn 1
2010-06-07: On last Sunday evening a scram was initiated at Oskarshamn 1 and the unit was taken off the grid. Troubleshooting is at present in progress.
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Press Release: Plugged Sulphoric Acid Leak at OKG Water Plant
2010-05-27: During Thursday afternoon the Rescue Services plugged a minor hole in a pipe of a tank with sulphoric acid in a water plant of OKG. The sulphoric acid was collected in the container situated under the tank for this purpose and neither personnel nor the environment suffered any damages. An investigation has been initiated which will clarify why the leak could happen.
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Press Release: Oskarshamn 3 Leaves the Grid for a Planned Short Interruption
2010-05-25: During Sunday Oskarshamn 3 leaves the grid for a planned short operational interruption in order to, among others, exchange fuel.
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Press Release: Government approval for power uprate at Oskarshamn 2
2010-04-29: After a decision taken on April 29, 2010, the Swedish government has approved the power uprate at Oskarshamn unit O2. The power uprate will be performed in connection to the scheduled third stage of the safety increasing measures in 2011.
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Press Release: Oskarshamn 3 has resumed trial operation
2010-03-23: On March 20, unit Oskarshamn 3 resumed the electricity production after a planned turbine trip to perform the final tests on the redesigned valves controlling the steam from the reactor to the turbine condenser.
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Press Release: Valve problems the cause behind extended operational interruption of reactor 3 in Oskarshamn
2010-03-01:  After nearly two months of test operation of the modernized third reactor in Oskarshamn, a temporary operational interruption was performed in the middle of February. The date set for resuming the operation has now been postponed. The reason being that the delivered important valves controlling the turbine steam flow have faulty construction and require reconstruction. The new starting date for a few more weeks of test operation has now been preliminary set to March 22.
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Further problems with the valves at Oskarshamn 3
2010-02-25: The problems with the valves at Oskarshamn 3 have lead to the operational interruption being extended by another week.
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Press Release: Trial Operations at Modernized Oskarshamn 3 Continues - Short Interruption for Measures in Safety Systems Forthcoming
2010-02-16: In connection with the modernizing activities at Oskarshamn 3 the plant will be turned from the grid in order to attend to one of the facility’s safety systems. During the interruption of operations continued inspections and measures enabling continued ascent to full power will be carried out.
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Press Release: Modernization of OKG’s reactors performed in 2009 provides a basis for future record high production
2010-01-19: The delays of the extensive modernization work that took place at OKG’s plant last year resulted in a reduction of the electricity supply with approximately forty per cent compared to 2008. To mention one example, the work conducted in order to increase the safety as well as the capacity at Oskarshamn 3 caused a downtime of nine months instead of the planned three months. However, the measures taken create good conditions for future record high production levels.
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Percentage of total Swedish consumption approx: 10%

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