Nuclear Power Plants in Germany

Biblis Location: HE Operator: RWE Power AG Configuration: 1 X 1,255 MW, 1 X 1,300 MW PWR Operation: 1974-1976 (ret 2011) Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens, Hochtief Quick facts: This plant is on the Rhine River in south Hesse and was the largest nuclear plant in Germany for almost 10yrs. Block A went critical on 16 Jul 1974 and Block B on 25 Mar 1976. Block A supplied power for the first time on 25 Aug 1974. The plant had about 650 full-time staff and spends some €100mn/yr in the region. Total output in 2008 was 20 TWh, an all-time station record and about half of Hesse's electricity demand. The plant was declared shutdown on 6 Aug 2011 as part of Germany's plan to phase-out commercial nuclear power following catastrophic earthquake and tsunami damage at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi NPP. Photograph courtesy of RWE Power AG Posted 23 Jun 2004	Brokdorf Location: SH Operator: E.ON Kernkraftwerk Configuration: 1,480 MW PWR Operation: 1986 Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens Quick facts: Commercial on 22 Dec 1986. Photograph by Peter Hamel and courtesy of E.ON AG Posted 26 May 2004	Brunsbuttel Location: SH Operator: Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH Configuration: 806 MW BWR Operation: 1977 (ret) Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens Quick facts: Commercial on 9 Feb 1977, owned by Vattenfall (66.6%) and E.ON (33.3%). Closed in Jul 2007 and never returned to service. Sister unit to Isar-1, Philipsburg-1, Isar-1 and the never opened Zwentendorf NPP in Austria. Photograph courtesy of Vattenfall Posted 24 Apr 2004
Emsland Lingen) Location: NI Operator: Kernkraftwerk Lippe-Ems Configuration: 1,363 MW PWR Operation: 1988 Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens Quick facts: Jointly-owned by RWE (87.5%) and E.ON (12.5%). Commercial on 20 Jun 1988. Photograph courtesy of Siemens AG Posted 12 May 2001	Greifswald Location: MV Operator: Kernkraftwerk Greifswald GmbH Configuration: 5 X 440 MW PWR CHP Operation: 1973-1989 (ret 1990) Reactor supplier: AEE, Skoda T/G supplier: Skoda, Electrosila EPC: AEE Quick facts: This unique site was designed for eight VVER-440 reactors in four, double-unit reactor halls and a single 1.2km long turbine hall. Units 1-4 were Model V-230 reactors while Units 5-8 were Model V-213. Unit-5 never went into full commercial operation and development on Units 6-8 was terminated. The four operating units were closed after post-unification safety evaluations concluded that retrofits were not economically justified. This was one of the few European nuclear plants integrating district heating capability. Some of the unused spent fuel assemblies were sent to Paks in Hungary. Greifswald was also known as Nord or Bruno Leuschner. Photograph by Harald909 (wikimedia) Posted 10 Aug 2008	Grafenrheinfeld Location: BY Operator: E.ON Kernkraftwerk Configuration: 1,345 MW PWR Operation: 1982 Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens Quick facts: Commercial on 17 Jun 1982. Photograph by Strauss and courtesy of E.ON AG Posted 26 May 2004
Grohnde Location: NI Operator: E.ON Kernkraftwerk Configuration: 1,430 MW PWR Operation: 1984 Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens, Dyckerhoff & Widman, Wakyss & Freitag, Hegdkamp Quick facts: Jointly-owned by E.ON (83.3%) and Stadtwerke Bielefeld AG (16.7%). Commercial on 1 Feb 1985. Photograph by Peter Hamel and courtesy of E.ON AG Posted 30 May 2004	Gundremmingen-A Location: BY Operator: KKW Gundremmingen Configuration: 1 X 250 MW BWR Operation: 1967 (ret 1977) Reactor supplier: AEG, General Electric T/G supplier: ?? Quick facts: The first commercial nuclear plant in Germany owned by RWE (75%) and Bayernwerk (25%), also known as KBR-A. Closed in 1977 after electrical damage from a grid malfunction. Picked for pilot decommissioning by the EU and work started in 1983. Lifetime generation was 16 TWh. Photograph by Michael Meding (Wikimedia Commons) Posted 27 Aug 2006	Gundremmingen B&C Location: BY Operator: KKW Gundremmingen Configuration: 2 X 1,344 MW BWR Operation: 1984-1985 Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens Quick facts: This is Germany's largest nuclear plant. Jointly-owned by RWE (75%) and E.ON (25%). Units B&C went commercial on 19 Jul 1984 and 18 Jan 1985, respectively. Photograph courtesy of KKW Gundremmingen Posted 16 Sep 2004
Isar Location: BY Operator: E.ON Kernkraftwerk Configuration: 1 X 912 MW BWR, 1 X 1,488 MW PWR Operation: 1977-1988 Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens Quick facts: Isar-2 is the largest nuclear unit in Germany and is jointly owned with Stadtwerke Munchen (25%). The natural draft tower is 165m tall. Units 1&2 went commercial on 21 Mar 1979 and 9 Apr 1988, respectively. In 2008, Isar-1 produced 7.89 TWh, its highest annual output to that date. The unit was declared shutdown on 6 Aug 2011 as part of Germany's plan to phase-out commercial nuclear power following catastrophic earthquake and tsunami damage at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi NPP. Photograph courtesy of E.ON AG Posted 6 Aug 2008	Krümmel Location: SH Operator: Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH Configuration: 1 X 1,402 MW BWR Operation: 1984 (ret) Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens, Hoch, Hammers, Heitkamp, Philipp Holzmann AG Quick facts: Krummel took 10yrs to build and is jointly-owned with E.ON (50%). Commercial on 28 Mar 1984. The unit has been shutdown since a transformer fire in Jun 2007 and was declared permanently shutdown on 6 Aug 2011 as part of Germany's plan to phase-out commercial nuclear power following catastrophic earthquake and tsunami damage at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi NPP. Photograph by Hinnerk (wikimedia) Posted 6 Aug 2008	Mülheim-Kärlich Location: RP Operator: RWE Power Configuration: 1 X 1,308 MW BWR Operation: 1986 (closed 1988) Reactor supplier: Babcock-Brown Boveri Reaktor T/G supplier: BBC EPC: BBC, Hochtief Quick facts: In Oct 2000, RWE "retired" the plant after the company was unable to resolve licensing conflicts with public and regional authorities. Planning for the DM7bn project began in the early 1970s, it was permitted in 1973, and construction started in 1975. The plant was licensed for operation in Mar 1986 and shutdown in Sep 1988 after 13mos of pre-commercial operation. Photograph by Holger Weinandt (Wikipedia) Posted 19 Nov 2004
Neckar Location: BW Operator: GKKW Neckar GmbH Configuration: 1 X 840 MW (ret), 1 X 1,400 MW PWR Operation: 1976-1989 Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens Quick facts: Unit-1 was stopped on 17 Mar 2011 as part of Germany's nuclear moratorium. On 30 May 2011, owner EnBW announced it would not return to service. This was the only nuclear unit in the world with a 16.7Hz traction current generator, rated at 174 MW along side the conventional 567-MW generator. Photograph courtesy of GKKW Neckar GmbH Posted 16 Sep 2004	Obrigheim Location: RP Operator: KKW Obrigheim GmbH Configuration: 357 MW PWR Operation: 1967 (ret May 2005) Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens Photograph courtesy of Power Posted 18 Apr 2004	Phillipsburg Location: BW Operator: Kernkraftwerk Philippsburg Configuration: 1 X 926 MW BWR (ret), 1 X 1,458 MW PWR Operation: 1980-1985 Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens Quick facts: Unit-1 was partially constructed with equipment from the cancelled Wyhl project. As with Neckar-1, Philippsburg-1 was stopped on 17 Mar 2011 as part of Germany's post-Fukushima nuclear moratorium. On 30 May 2011, owner EnBW announced it would not return to service. Photograph by Lothar Neumann (wikipedia) Re-posted 19 Nov 2011
Rheinsberg Location: BB Operator: Energiewerke Nord GmbH Configuration: 1 X 80 MW PWR Operation: 1966 (ret 1990) Reactor supplier: AEE T/G supplier: ?? EPC: AEE Quick facts: This was the first demonstration power reactor in East Germany and was built near Rheinsberg on the Stechlinsee. The build decision was made in 1956, with construction starting was on 1 Jan 1960, and first criticality was on 11 Mar 1966. Commercial operation was on 11 Oct 1966 at a rating of 70 MWe. The VVER-210 block was later uprated to 80 MW and by retirement had run for 130,000 hours. Photograph by Borstelsrache (wikimedia) Posted 10 Aug 2008	Stade Location: NI Operator: E.ON Kernkraftwerk Configuration: 672 MW PWR Operation: 1972 (ret 2003) Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens Quick Facts: Shutdown at 0732 GMT on 14 Nov 2003. E.ON has budgeted €500mn for decommissioning. Jointly owned with Vattenfall Europe (33.3%). Photograph courtesy of Die Bundesregierung Posted 14 May 2005	Stendal Location: ST Operator: Energiewerke Nord GmbH Configuration: 4 X 1,000 MW PWR Operation: n/a (terminated 1990) Reactor supplier: AEE T/G supplier: ?? EPC: AEE Quick facts: This plant near Arneburg was designed to be the largest nuclear plant in Germany but was terminated not long after unification. Construction began in 1983 and Unit-1 was about 85% complete at termination with Unit-2 at 15%. Construction on the second pair of units never started. The reactors were Model VVER-1000/V320. Photograph by Nic Ransby (wikimedia) Posted 10 Aug 2008
THTR 300 Location: NW Operator: Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH Configuration: 1 X 300 MW HTR Operation: 1985 (ret 1989) Reactor supplier: HRB T/G supplier: BBC Quick facts: This gas-cooled reactor plant cost €2.05bn and was the first to use a pebble-bed design and mixed thorium and uranium fuel. The plant was closed after 423 days of full-load operation and 2.9 TWh of output. The 180m dry cooling tower was one of the first of its kind as well as the tallest cooling tower in the world at completion. It was demolished in 1991. A 500-MW follow-on unit was abandoned. Photograph courtesy of Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH Posted 27 Aug 2006	Unterweser Location: NI Operator: E.ON Kernkraftwerk Configuration: 1,350 MW PWR Operation: 1978 (ret) Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens, Dyckerhoff & Widman, Wakyss & Freitag, Hegdkamp Quick facts: In Apr 1971, Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG and PreußenElektra AG filed an application for the Unterweser construction and operation permit. Construction started on 1 Jul 1972 and Unterweser went commercial on 29 Sep 1978 as the largest nuclear unit in the world. In 1980, 1981, and 1993, the unit was world production champion and in 2000, Unterweser passed the 200 TWh production mark. Unterweser was taken offline for mainanece in March 2011 and never re-opened. Photograph courtesy of E.ON Re-posted 10 Aug 2008	Würgassen Location: NW Operator: Energiewerke Nord GmbH Configuration: 670 MW BWR Operation: 1971 (ret 1995) Reactor supplier: Siemens T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: AEG Quick facts: This site is at Beverungen near the confluence of the Bever  and Weser rivers. It was an early German BWR and construction started on 26 Jan 1968. Criticality was attained on 20 Oct 1971 and the plant went commercial on 11 Nov 1971 at a cost of DM400mn, the country's first full-size nuclear plant. In Sep 1994, hairline cracks were discovered in the reactor vessel during routine inspections and owner Preussenelektra decided it was too costly to repair the unit. Decommissioning began in 1997. In Feb 2010, Areva announced the successful disassembly of the 320t reactor pressure vessel. About half the parts were decontaminated and released for recycling. Decommissioning is to complete in 2014. Photograph by Tola69 (wikimedia) Posted 10 Aug 2008

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