# Source note — Blykalla second Swedish reactor-park application (2026-08-25)

## Selected source-card
**Article:** `blog/articles/blykalla-second-swedish-smr-park-application-source-card.html`  
**Evidence label:** company-reported application plus World Nuclear News reporting; official Swedish government financing framework used as context. This is a project application/proposal, not a permit, final investment decision, construction start, reactor approval or operating record.

## Official/company source
1. **Blykalla — “Blykalla Submits Application for Second Advanced Nuclear Reactor Park in Sweden, with up to 440 MW of Capacity”**  
   URL: https://www.blykalla.com/post/blykalla-submits-application-for-second-advanced-nuclear-reactor-park-in-sweden-with-up-to-440-mw-of-capacity  
   Reader capture: `research/energy/blykalla-second-swedish-smr-park-application-source-card-2026-08-25/source_official_blykalla_application.md`  
   Key anchors used:
   - Blykalla says it submitted an application to the Swedish government on **August 25, 2026** for a second commercial advanced nuclear reactor park.
   - Proposed location: **Untra in Tierp municipality, Uppsala county**.
   - Proposed configuration: **up to eight lead-cooled advanced modular reactors** with combined electrical capacity up to **440 MW**.
   - The release says this follows a first application submitted in May 2026 for **Norrsundet, Gävle municipality**.
   - Blykalla identifies the reactor technology as **SEALER**; each unit is described as about **55 MWe**.
   - Target first operations at Tierp: **first half of the 2030s**, contingent on approvals from the government, regulatory agencies, courts and Tierp municipality.

## Trade/reporting source
2. **World Nuclear News — “Blykalla submits second SMR plant application”**  
   URL: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/blykalla-submits-second-smr-plant-application  
   Reader capture: `research/energy/blykalla-second-swedish-smr-park-application-source-card-2026-08-25/source_trade_world_nuclear_news_blykalla.md`  
   Key anchors used:
   - WNN reports the same Untra/Tierp proposal with up to eight lead-cooled SMRs and up to **440 MWe**.
   - WNN states the application follows an earlier six-unit Norrsundet proposal.
   - WNN provides background that Blykalla, formerly LeadCold, is a KTH Royal Institute of Technology spin-off developing the SEALER reactor.
   - WNN notes Swedish state-aid context: loans and two-way Contracts for Difference under Sweden’s new nuclear financing framework.

## Official policy context
3. **Government Offices of Sweden — “How the support model for financing new nuclear energy works”**  
   URL: https://www.government.se/government-policy/nuclear-financing/how-the-support-model-for-financing-new-nuclear-energy-works/  
   Reader capture: `research/energy/blykalla-second-swedish-smr-park-application-source-card-2026-08-25/source_official_sweden_nuclear_financing.md`  
   Key anchors used:
   - Sweden’s aid model includes government loans, two-way Contracts for Difference, and risk/profit sharing.
   - Aid generally requires reactors in the same area in Sweden with total installed capacity of at least **300 MW**, subject to possible exceptions.
   - Companies must apply for nuclear and environmental permits before government aid decisions; permits are handled by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and the Land and Environmental Court.

## Editorial cautions
- Do not state that Blykalla has approval, financing, permits, construction authorization, a final investment decision, or operating reactors from this application alone.
- Company release language is forward-looking and promotional; keep “Blykalla says” or “proposes” for unapproved project details.
- “Up to 440 MW” is proposed nameplate capacity, not current generated power.
- Swedish state-aid framework is relevant context, but this source package does not verify whether Blykalla’s specific application has been accepted, evaluated, funded or approved by the Swedish government.
- Not investment advice.