Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant | |
Country: | Germany |
Coordinates: | 53.8917°N 9.2017°W |
Status: | Mothballed (Earmarked not to return following moratorium on nuclear power) |
Location: | Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein |
Owner: | Vattenfall (67%) PreussenElektra (33%) |
Operator: | KKW Brunsbüttel |
Construction Began: | 1969 |
Commissioned: | July 13, 1976 |
Decommissioned: | 2007 |
Np Reactor Supplier: | Siemens |
Ps Units Manu Model: | Siemens |
Np Reactor Type: | BWR |
Ps Units Operational: | 1 × 806 MW |
Ps Electrical Capacity: | 806 |
Ps Annual Generation: | 4527 |
Ps Electrical Cap Fac: | 64.1% |
The Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Brunsbüttel near Hamburg, Germany. It is owned 67% by Vattenfall and 33% by E.ON. It started operation in 1976 and has a gross power production of 806 MW. During its lifetime, it produced 130,000 GW hours of electricity. The value of this electricity is about 9.1 billion Euros before calculation of the nuclear waste management.[1]
As part of the nuclear power phase-out, it was taken out of service in 2007.[2]