Country Germany Status Operational Operator(s) E.ON Construction began 1975 | Location Brokdorf, Steinburg Commission date October 14, 1986 Make and model Siemens | |
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Owner(s) E.ON (80%)
Vattenfall Europe (20%) Address Osterende 33, 25576 Brokdorf, Germany | ||
Brokdorf nuclear power plant
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 Elektrizitäts-Werke (HEW). During the construction phase in the 1970s and 1980s there were violent protests against nuclear power at the location.
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 in Germany. With a net generation of just under 12 billion a kWh, it was the worldwide leader in 2005.
The decommissioning of the plant is now planned for 2021.