Kahl Nuclear Power Plant

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Kahl Nuclear Power Plant

VAK Kahl
Country Germany
Coordinates 50°3′32.83″N 8°59′14.2″E / 50.0591194°N 8.987278°E / 50.0591194; 8.987278Coordinates: 50°3′32.83″N 8°59′14.2″E / 50.0591194°N 8.987278°E / 50.0591194; 8.987278
Construction began 1958
Commission date July 17, 1961
Decommission date November 25, 1985
Operator(s) VAK Kahl
Reactor information
Reactors decom. 1 x 16 MW
Power generation information
Annual generation 83 GWh (in 1985)
Net generation 2,046 GW·h
As of October 6, 2006

The Kahl plant was the first nuclear power plant ever to be built in Germany. It was located in Karlstein am Main and was an (at the time) experimental boiling water reactor. It was built by General Electric and supplied by Siemens. At the end of 2008, the demolition works had been finished.

The plant in 2005.

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