Dedesdorfer Strasse 2
26935 Stadland
Germany
T +49 47 32-80-0
F +49 47 32-86 59
Commissioned in 1978, the Unterweser NPP is a thermal power plant situated along the Unterweser River, ten kilometers south of Nordenham. Whereas conventional thermal power plants use boilers fired by fossil fuels, the Unterweser plant has a nuclear-powered steam generation system.
The reactors used for generating nuclear energy in Germany are light water reactors (LWRs), in which ordinary or 'light' water (H2O) serves both as a coolant and moderator. There are to types of LWR: boiling-water reactors (BWR) and pressurized-water reactors (PWR). The Unterweser station is powered by a PWR.
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Operator | | E.ON Kernkraft | | | | | | | Owners | | E.ON Kernkraft (100%) | | | | | | | Reactor type | | Pressurized-water reactor | | | | | | | Net capacity | | 1,345 MW | | | | | | | Commissioned | | 1978 | | | | | |
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