Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant

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Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant
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Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant
Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant is located in Germany
Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant
Location of Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant in Germany
Country Germany
Location Brokdorf, Steinburg
Coordinates 53°51′03″N 9°20′41″E / 53.85083°N 9.34472°E / 53.85083; 9.34472Coordinates: 53°51′03″N 9°20′41″E / 53.85083°N 9.34472°E / 53.85083; 9.34472
Status Operational
Construction began 1975
Commission date October 14, 1986
Owner(s) E.ON (80%)
Vattenfall Europe (20%)
Operator(s) E.ON
Nuclear power station
Reactor type PWR
Reactor supplier Siemens
Power generation
Units operational 1 x 1,440 MW
Make and model Siemens
Nameplate capacity 1,440
Annual generation 11,459 GW·h
Website
E.ON Kernkraft

Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant (German: Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf, or KBR) is close to the municipality of Brokdorf in Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It started in October 1986 by a first-of-its-kind joint venture between PreussenElektra and Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke (HEW). During the construction phase in the 70's and 80's, there were violent protests against nuclear power at the location.[1]

Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH owns 20% and E.ON 80%.

The plant is a pressurized water reactor with uranium dioxide fuel elements, which are used in degrees of enrichment of 1.9%, 2.5% and 3.5%. It also uses MOX fuel. There are 193 fuel assemblies In the reactor, with a total heavy-metal weight of 103 tons. The power station has a thermal output of 3765 MW, as well as an electrical output of 1440 MW. It belongs to the 3rd PWR generation [2] in Germany. With a net generation of just under 12 billion a kWh, it was the worldwide leader in 2005.[3]

The decommissioning of the plant is now planned for 2021.[4]

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