Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant

  • 6 August 2011
Owner(s)PreussenElektraOperator(s)
  • E.ON
  • PreussenElektra
Nuclear power station Reactor typePWRCooling sourceWeser RiverPower generation Units operational1 × 1,410 MWNameplate capacity1,410 MWCapacity factor72.0%Annual net output8,891 GW·hExternal linksWebsiteOfficial siteCommonsRelated media on Commons
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Unterweser nuclear power station is an inactive nuclear power plant in Kleinensiel (Stadland municipality), near Nordenham.

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.

  • The Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant
    The Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant
  • Low-pressure turbine rotor
    Low-pressure turbine rotor

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