Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant

Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Germany
Coordinates	52°02′07″N 9°24′48″E
Construction began	1975
Commission date	September 4, 1984
Owner(s)	83.3% E.ON 16.7% Stadtwerke Bielefeld
Operator(s)	GKKG Grohnde
Reactor information
Reactors operational	1 x 1430 MW
Power generation information
Annual generation	10,996 GW·h
Net generation	235,649 GW·h
Website Site c/o E.ON
As of July 22, 2007

The Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant is located in Hamelin-Pyrmont in Lower Saxony. It has one reactor that uses 193 fuel assemblies and utilizes both Enriched Uranium and MOX fuel. In the years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1998 the reactor produced the most 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.

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.