Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant

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Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant
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CountryGermany
Coordinates52°02′07″N 9°24′48″E / 52.03528°N 9.41333°E / 52.03528; 9.41333
StatusDecommissioned
Construction began1975
Commission date4 September 1984
Decommission date
  • 31 December 2021
Owners83.3% PreussenElektra
16.7% Stadtwerke Bielefeld
OperatorGKKG Grohnde (PreussenElektra)
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Cooling towers2
Cooling sourceWeser River
Power generation
Units operational1 x 1,430 MW
Nameplate capacity1,430 MW
Capacity factor87.8%
Annual net output10,996 GW·h
External links
Websitewww.preussenelektra.de/de/unsere-kraftwerke/kraftwerkgrohnde.html
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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Grohnde nuclear power plant on the Weser river, the village of Grohnde is visible to the right
View from the Ohrbergpark to the small village Tündern and to the Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant beside the river Weser in the Upper Weser Valley and the Weser Uplands. The yellow fields are rapeseed fields.

The former Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant is located in Grohnde in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony. It has one reactor that used 193 fuel assemblies and utilized both enriched uranium and MOX fuel. In 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1998 the reactor produced more net electricity for the respective year than any other reactor in the world.

The plant is of the pressurized water reactor type, using four water based coolant cycles, kept under high pressure.

In 2021 the plan passed the mark of 400 TWh total low-carbon electricity output since it was connected to the grid. Over the period the plant has prevented 400 million tons of CO2 emissions.[1]

The plant ceased power operation on 31 December 2021 as part of Germany's phaseout of nuclear power.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Grohnde nuclear power plant sets new record in electricity generation". www.preussenelektra.de. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
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