The station was built underground, used heavy water moderation and was fueled with natural uranium.

[1] The companies Stockholms Elverk and Statens Vattenfallsverk were responsible for the building of the Ågesta plant.

[1] In 1969 errors in operating procedures caused a valve to fail leaking 400 cubic metres of cooling water.

The reactor was part of a project called "the Swedish line" (Svenska Linjen), an international initiative to use natural uranium (not enriched) for fuel in commercial power plants.

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority approved demolition of the station in December 2019, with work expected to begin in 2020[6] and to be completed by 2025.