Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant

Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power plant Brunsbüttel
Location of Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Germany
Location	Brunsbüttel
Coordinates	53°53′30″N 9°12′06″E / 53.89167°N 9.20167°E / 53.89167; 9.20167Coordinates: 53°53′30″N 9°12′06″E / 53.89167°N 9.20167°E / 53.89167; 9.20167
Status	Mothballed (Earmarked not to return following moratorium on nuclear power)
Construction began	1969
Commission date	July 13, 1976
Decommission date	2007
Owner(s)	Vattenfall (67%) PreussenElektra (33%)
Operator(s)	KKW Brunsbüttel
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	BWR
Reactor supplier	Siemens
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 806 MW
Make and model	Siemens
Nameplate capacity	806 MW
Capacity factor	64.1%
Annual net output	4527 GW·h
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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, about double the electricity production of Austria. The value of this electricity is about 9.1 billion Euros.

As part of the nuclear power phase-out, it was taken out of service in 2007.