Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant

Unterweser nuclear power station is an inactive nuclear power plant in Kleinensiel (Stadland municipality), near Nordenham.

Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Germany
Coordinates	53°25′39.72″N 8°28′48.71″E
Status	Being decommissioned
Construction began	July 1, 1972
Commission date	September 29, 1978
Decommission date	6 August 2011
Owner	PreussenElektra
E.ON PreussenElektra
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Cooling source	Weser River
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 1,410 MW
Nameplate capacity	1,410 MW
Capacity factor	72.0%
Annual net output	8,891 GW·h
External links
Website	Official site
Commons	Related media on Commons

When it first went online, it was the largest nuclear reactor in the world. It had 193 fuel assemblies.

Unterweser was one of the seven reactors shut down on 17 March 2011 (although actual shutdown was several days later, as the nuclear fuel rods take time to cool down) pending the results of a three-month moratorium on nuclear power. On 30 May 2011, the German government announced that Unterweser would not be returning to operation following the moratorium and would be decommissioned. The final fuel rods were removed in February 2019.

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  The Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant
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  Low-pressure turbine rotor

References

• German Documentary

• Germany portal
• Energy portal
• Nuclear technology portal