Emsland Nuclear Power Plant

Emsland Nuclear Power Station was a nuclear reactor located in the district of Emsland, Germany just south of the Lingen Nuclear Power Plant. The reactor had 193 fuel elements totaling a core weight of 103 tons. It had a Konvoi [de] type reactor. It was owned by RWE Power AG.

Emsland Nuclear Power Plant
Emsland Nuclear Power Plant
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CountryGermany
LocationEmsland
Coordinates52°28′27.23″N 07°19′04.29″E / 52.4742306°N 7.3178583°E / 52.4742306; 7.3178583
StatusShut down
Construction began10 August 1982
Commission date20 June 1988
Decommission date15 April 2023
Owners87.5% RWE
12.5% PreussenElektra
OperatorKKW Lippe-Ems
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierSiemens
Cooling towers1
Cooling sourceEms River
Power generation
Units operational1 x 1,363 MW
Make and modelSiemens
Nameplate capacity1,363 MW
Capacity factor93.4%
Annual net output11,148 GW·h
External links
Websitein German
CommonsRelated media on Commons

There were no events higher than 0 in the INES scale.[1]

As part of the nuclear power phase-out[broken anchor], it was taken out of service on April 15, 2023.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "RWE AG - CR-Kennzahlen 2011". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.
  2. ^ Handelsblatt.com: „Atomkraft konnte die Versprechungen nie einlösen“ – Deutschland beendet das Kernkraft-Zeitalter (german), April 2023
  3. ^ Tagesschau.de: Nukleare Risiken bleiben (german), April 2023