Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant
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| Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°02′07″N 9°24′48″E / 52.03528°N 9.41333°ECoordinates: 52°02′07″N 9°24′48″E / 52.03528°N 9.41333°E |
| Construction began | 1975 |
| Commission date | September 4, 1984 |
| Owner(s) | 83.3% PreussenElektra 16.7% Stadtwerke Bielefeld |
| Operator(s) | GKKG Grohnde (PreussenElektra) |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Cooling source | Weser River |
| Cooling towers | 2 |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 x 1,430 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,430 MW |
| Capacity factor | 87.8% |
| Annual net output | 10,996 GW·h |
The Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant is located in Grohnde in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony. It has one reactor that uses 193 fuel assemblies and utilizes 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. About 80,000 people live within 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of the plant and a total of more than a million people within 60 kilometres (37 mi). The next big city is Hanover 50 kilometres (31 mi) away.
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.
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