Sweden Approves Nature Reserve Use for Ringhals Nuclear Power

The move comes after several interest groups and private individuals appealed the county board's June decision, and the government has now rejected those appeals. "It is disappointing, but not entirely unexpected, said Linus Källgård, chair of Värna Värö, one of the associations that appealed the county board's decision. Gunilla Högberg Björck, legal counsel for the associations and private individuals, said the government's reasoning centers on "the national interest in more electricity.

Källgård said the group is prepared to take the matter further, with the next possible step being an application for judicial review at the Supreme Administrative Court. P4 Halland was the first to report on the government's decision. The government's approval allows parts of the nature reserve to be released for the new nuclear power project at Ringhals, located in Halland County on Sweden's west coast.