”We need the opportunity to evaluate all suitable locations for new nuclear power, we cannot exclude them in advance”, says Minister for the Environment and Climate Romina Pourmokhtari (L) in a comment to TT.
Protection for natural and cultural values shall be maintained according to the proposal.
The proposal has now been sent out for review. The last day for responses is December 15, 2025.
”Today's ban excludes locations that could be suitable without being able to make an assessment in the individual case. The legislative amendment creates conditions for more actors who want to build and invest in nuclear technical facilities along the coast”, writes Pourmokhtari.
The proposal means – in addition to the ban on nuclear technical facilities in Bohuslän, the Stockholm archipelago and on Öland and Gotland being abolished – that other ”unbroken coastal areas” and ”highly exploited coastal areas” will also be opened up for nuclear power, according to the proposal.
It will thus also be opened up for nuclear power plants in Småland and Östergötland (from Simpevarp to Arkösund) and in Ångermanland (from Storfjärden to Skagsudde).
The changes are proposed to come into force on July 1, 2026.
