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'''Forsmark''' is a village on the east coast of Uppland, Sweden. It is best known as the location of the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant as well as being the site of the Final repository for short-lived radioactive waste.<ref name="x819">{{cite web | title=Final repository for short-lived radioactive waste | website=skb.se | date=2009-03-19 | url=http://www.skb.se/Templates/Standard____25485.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027120042/http://www.skb.se/Templates/Standard____25485.aspx | archive-date=2013-10-27 | url-status=dead | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref><ref name="w517">{{cite web | title=Forsmark | website=Vattenfall | date=2021-09-08 | url=https://karnkraft.vattenfall.se/forsmark | language=sv | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref> A new long term fuel storage repositiary is also being cited in Forsmark.<ref name="p930">{{cite web | author=Tiash saha | title=Sweden begins construction of spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Forsmark | website=Energy Monitor | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://www.energymonitor.ai/news/sweden-spent-nuclear-fuel-storage/ | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref><ref name="u537">{{cite web | title=One of the world's first final repositories for spent nuclear fuel is being built in Forsmark | website=Vattenfall | date=2025-11-03 | url=https://group.vattenfall.com/press-and-media/newsroom/2025/one-of-the-worlds-first-final-repositories-for-spent-nuclear-fuel-is-being-built-in-forsmark | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>
Another noteworthy facility in Forsmark is the static inverter of HVDC Fenno-Skan, just west of the nuclear power plant.<ref name="u470">{{cite web | title=Fenno skan | website=Hitachi Energy | url=https://www.hitachienergy.com/uk-ie/en/news-and-events/customer-stories/fenno-skan | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>
Because of the sensitive instruments for detecting local leaks of radioactivity, the nuclear power plant was the first place outside the Soviet Union where signs of the Chernobyl accident were detected on April 27, 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-15 |title=Forsmark: how Sweden alerted the world about the danger of the Chernobyl disaster |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20140514STO47018/forsmark-how-sweden-alerted-the-world-about-the-danger-of-chernobyl-disaster |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Topics {{!}} European Parliament |language=en}}</ref> When workers at the plant were found to carry radioactive particles, the origin of the leak was investigated and it eventually became clear that the contamination came from the atmosphere rather than from the Forsmark plant itself.
==History== thumb|left|Village and Church Forsmark formerly had an ironworks producing oregrounds iron.<ref name="x138">{{cite web | title=Forsmark Ironworks and Öregrund | website=Upplandsturen | date=2024-02-23 | url=https://www.upplandsturen.se/en/vara-resmal/oregrund-and-forsmark-ironworks/ | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref> While the ironworks are closed, the industrial area, including the old Smithy buildings and water ponds are open to the public, along with a public inn.<ref name="x138"/><ref name="t890">{{cite web | title=Sommar | website=Visit Forsmark - Sommar | date=2018-06-18 | url=https://www.visitforsmark.se/sommar/ | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref> Historic buildings also include the Forsmarks Herrgård (manor house).<ref name="t890"/> Forsmark Church is an historic neoclassical designed church, begun in 1794 and completed in 1800.<ref name="b049">{{cite web | title=Forsmarks kyrka | website=Forsmarks kyrka | date=2025-03-26 | url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/roslagensnorrapastorat/forsmarks-kyrka | language=sv | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>
Construction of the nuclear power plant at Forsmark began in 1971.<ref name="e599">{{cite web | title=Forsmark unit 1 celebrates 40 years of operation | website=World Nuclear News | date=2020-12-11 | url=https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Forsmark-unit-1-celebrates-40-years-of-operation | access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref> In 1980, the first Forsmark nuclear reactor entered operational status.<ref name="e599"/>
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== External links == *[http://www.forsmark.com/ Forsmark kraftgrupp] (Forsmark Powergroup), page also available in English.
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Category:Populated places in Uppsala County Category:Ironworks in Sweden