A controversial nuclear power station in south-western Sweden was finally being shut down on Wednesday, decades after Swedes voted to phase out atomic energy. The final reactor at the Barseback plant, across a narrow waterway from the Danish capital, was to be closed down at midnight, cutting the electricity flowing from the plant. The long-planned move follows a court decision not to hear arguments from Swedish citizens who alleged the shutdown was illegal. The shutdown of Barseback's second reactor is part of a government programme to decrease dependency on atomic power. The plant's first reactor was closed in 1999.

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