{"id":1225,"date":"2022-08-15T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2022-08-15T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:45:08","slug":"what-will-happen-to-the-agesta-nuclear-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/2022\/08\/what-will-happen-to-the-agesta-nuclear-power-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"What will happen to the \u00c5gesta Nuclear Power Plant?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our colleague Anna Storm<\/a> (now professor of technology and social change at Link\u00f6ping University) has been involved in an intellectual exchange with the state-owned power company Vattenfall about the future of \u00c5gesta Nuclear Power Plant in the context of its decommissioning in the magazine NyTeknik.<\/p>\n

In Anna’s first article from 28 July 2022<\/a>, she displays her consternation by the fact that Sweden’s first nuclear power plant (1963-1974) was already being dismantled, disregarding demands for making this cultural heritage of modern Sweden accessible to a wider audience via the cooperation with musea and heritage scholars. Especially in the case of the iconic control room, Anna objected to the practice of the company.<\/p>\n

Five days later, on 02 August<\/a>, Melker Drottz, the acting head of decommissioning of \u00c5gestaverket from Vattenfall, published a response to Anna in the same magazine. In his eyes, Vattenfall did simply, what they were legally obliged to do. Since the control room, among other facilities, would be an irradiated environment, he objected to Anna’s wishes for creating a cultural venue from this heritage site. Furthermore, he pointed to the various other ways, Vattenfall would contribute to the memory of the \u00c5gesta plant.<\/p>\n

One day later, on 03 August<\/a>, Anna responded by stating that future generations also need the actual sites as witnesses of their cultural history. In her understanding, photographs and oral stories will not be enough.<\/p>\n

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Anna Storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are full citations for this exchange:<\/em><\/p>\n

Storm, Anna: “\u00c5gestaverket – en unik k\u00e4rnkraftsanl\u00e4ggning sl\u00e4ngd i containrar”, in: N<\/span>yTeknik, 2022-07-28, https:\/\/www.nyteknik.se\/opinion\/agestaverket-en-unik-karnkraftsanlaggning-slangd-i-containrar-7035908 [2022-08-09].<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Drottz, Melker (operativ chef f\u00f6r nedmontering och rivning av <\/span>\u00c5<\/span>gestaverket, Vattenfall): Replik “Vi \u00e4r skyldiga att montera ned <\/span>\u00c5<\/span>gestaverket”, in: NyTeknik, 2022-08-02, https:\/\/www.nyteknik.se\/opinion\/vi-ar-skyldiga-att-montera-ned-agestaverket-7035985 [2022-08-09].<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Storm, Anna: <\/span>Slutreplik <\/span>“Det hade varit m\u00f6jligt att beh<\/span>\u00e5lla<\/span> kontrollrummet fr<\/span>\u00e5n \u00c5gestaverket”, in: NyTeknik<\/span>, https:\/\/www.nyteknik.se\/opinion\/det-hade-varit-mojligt-att-behalla-kontrollrummet-fran-agestaverket-7036016 [2022-08-09].<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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