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Beznau
Location: Switzerland
Operator: NOK
Configuration: 2 X 380 MW PWR
Operation: 1969-1971
Reactor supplier: Westinghouse
T/G supplier: BBC
EPC: Westinghouse
Quick facts: Constrction at Beznau begain on 1 Sep 1965. The two units went commercial on 1 Sep 1969 and 1 Dec 1971, respectively.
Photograph courtesy of Axpo
Re-posted 8 Jul 2006 |
Caorso
Location: Italy
Operator: Enel SpA
Configuration: 1 X 885 MW BWR
Operation: 1981 (ret 1990)
Reactor supplier: General Electric, Ansaldo
T/G supplier: Ansaldo
EPC: Gibbs & Hill, SOGENE
Quick facts: This BWR 4, Mark II, was the only full-scale nuclear unit ever completed in Italy. Construction started in Jan 1970 and criticality was
achieved on 31 Dec 1977. Commercial operation was on 12 Jan 1981. Caorso was closed following a national referendum in 1987.
Lifetime generation was 27.7 TWh.
Photograph by Simone Ramella (flickr)
Posted 23 Feb 2008 |
Garigliano
Location: Italy
Operator: Enel SpA
Configuration: 1 X 160 MW BWR
Operation: 1964 (ret 1982)
Reactor supplier: GE
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: GE
Quick facts: On 16 Sep 1959, the World Bank made a loan equivalent to $40mn for the construction of Italy's first nuclear power plant. This
financed almost two-thirds of the cost of construction, including civil works, a substation and 100km of transmission line. Societa
Elettronucleare Nazionale (SENN) was designated by the Italian government as plant owner and operator. The site is on the Garigliano
River, between Rome and Naples. Internuclear Company and Kennedy & Donkin were engineering consultants and GE was the general
contractor through its Swiss offices. The 160ft diameter steel sphere served as the pressure vessel. Construction started in Nov 1959
and the unit started-up in Jan 1964. The plant was transferred to Enel in 1966 and operated until 1978 when damage to one of the
secondary steam generators forced it offline. Garigliano never restarted.
Photograph courtesy of World Bank
Posted 3 Aug 2008 |
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Gösgen
Location: Switzerland
Operator: Kernkraftwerk Goesgen-Daeniken AG
Configuration: 1 X 1,020 MW PWR
Operation: 1979
Reactor supplier: Siemens
T/G supplier: Siemens
EPC: Siemens, Heitkamp
Quick facts: The final construction permit for Gösgen was issued on 31 October 1972 and construction started the following summer After some last-minute delays, commissioning was authorized on 29 Sep 1979 and the unit went commercial on 1 Nov 1979. The plant has been substantially uprated from its original 970 MW capacity. The site in in Däniken, Solothurn,on the Aar River. KKG is owned by Alpiq (40%), Axpo (25%), the city of Zurich (15%), Centralschweizerischen Kraftwerke (12.5%), and Energie Wasser Bern (7.5%).
Photograph courtesy of Kernkraftwerk Goesgen-Daeniken AG
Posted 19 Mar 2004 |
Latina
Location: Italy
Operator: Enel SpA
Configuration: 1 X 160 MW Magnox
Operation: 1963 (ret 1990)
Reactor supplier: TNPG
T/G supplier: Parsons
EPC: TNPG, Groupe Torno
Quick facts: This shows Eni Director General Enrico Mattei and other officials visiting the Latina site in 1962. The plant was one of two
Magnox reactors exported from the UK. Construction started in Oct 1958 and the unit was connected to the grid in May 1963. It was ordered by SIMEA,
an ENI subsidiary. The UK Atomic Energy Authority consulted on safety features. Latina was shutdown in Dec 1987 and is being decommissioned by
British Nuclear Group and Sogin, the former nuclear division of Enel.
Photograph courtesy of Eni
Posted 3 Aug 2008 |
Leibstadt
Location: Switzerland
Operator: Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG
Configuration: 1 X 1,245 MW BWR
Operation: 1984
Reactor supplier: GE
T/G supplier: Stal, BBC
EPC: GE Technical Services Co
Quick facts: KKL has a 24ha site on the Rhine in Leibstadt, canton Aargau. It is the largest generating unit in Switzerland. The plant is owned by AEW Energie (5.4%), Alpiq (27.4%), Alpiq Suisse (5.0%), Axpo Power (22.8%), BKW FMB (9.5%), Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke (13.6%), and Axpo Trading (16.3%). Production in 2011 was 9,481 GWh. The cooling tower is 144m tall and 120m in diameter at the base. KKL was initially planned in 1973 to be 600 MW but came online at 960 MW. The total investment was SF 4.8bn.
Photograph courtesy of Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG
Posted 22 May 2004 |
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Muehleberg
Location: Switzerland
Operator: BKW FMB Energie AG
Configuration: 1 X 372 MW BWR
Operation: 1972
Reactor supplier: GE
T/G supplier: BBC
EPC: Emch + Berger
Quick facts: In 2008, Muehleberg set a new production record of 3,088 GWh.
Photograph courtesy of Nuklearforum Schweiz
Posted 22 May 2004 |
Trino Vercellese
Location: Italy
Operator: Enel SpA
Configuration: 1 X 186 MW, 1 X 71 MW PWR
Operation: 1965 (ret 1990)
Reactor supplier: WH
T/G supplier: Tosi, Marelli
EPC: Gibbs & Hill, Italstrade-Recchi
Quick facts: This plant had a four-loop PWR and two T/G sets. It was ordered and installed by Selni (Societa Elettro Nucleare Italiana), a
subsidiary of the Edison group. Construction began in Aug 1961 and the plant went online Oct 1964. It was transfered to Enel in 1966. Trino is
being decommissioned by Sogin, the former nuclear division of Enel. The 12yr, €234mn process got underway in Oct 2012. About €86mn of preparatory work has already been completed.
Photograph by Al-Pin (flickr)
Posted 3 Aug 2008 |
Zwentendorf
Location: Austria
Operator: GKW Tullnerfeld GmbH
Configuration: 1 X 765 MW BWR
Completed: 1978
Reactor supplier: Siemens
T/G supplier: Siemens, Elin
EPC: Siemens, Heitkamp
Quick facts: This plant was completed but never went into operation. Planning started in 1967 and construction began in 1972. The operating
company was led by Verbund with a 50% stake and seven Austrian provinces owned shares. Fuel assemblies were delivered in Jan 1978 but a national
referendum in Nov 1978 halted commissioning activities. The project, which cost about $1bn, was terminated in 1985.
Photograph courtesy of EVN AG
Re-posted 11 Nov 2006 |
