If all had gone as intended, on July 1st Sweden would have celebrated the closure of a nuclear reactor name Barseback-1. But the plant's owner, Sydkraft AB, did not want to join the party. It visted its lawyers instead, and last month Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court agreed to adjudicate on whether the government has the right to send Barseback to an early death. The Swedish government concedes that the reactor is safe, productive and has years of useful life left. America's Energy Information Administration estimates that it will cost $1.2 billion-2.7 billion to close the place down.