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Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Station

Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Plant
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The NPP to the left, to the right the Steam Power Plant Alessandro Volta
Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Station is located in Italy
Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Station
Location of Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Station
Official name Centrale elettronucleare Alto Lazio
Country Italy
Coordinates 42°21′31.68″N 11°31′53.04″E / 42.3588000°N 11.5314000°E / 42.3588000; 11.5314000Coordinates: 42°21′31.68″N 11°31′53.04″E / 42.3588000°N 11.5314000°E / 42.3588000; 11.5314000
Status Cancelled
Construction began 1 July 1982
Owner(s) Enel
Operator(s) Enel
Nuclear power station
Reactor type BWR
Power generation
Units cancelled 2 x 982 MW
Nameplate capacity 2,018 MW

The Montalto di Castro nuclear power station was a nuclear power plant at Montalto di Castro in Italy. Consisting of two BWR units each of 982 MWe, it was approaching completion in 1988 when the Italian government decided to close all nuclear plants as a result of the 1987 referendum. It never operated.

Its area and some of the already built structures are now used by the fossil-fuel power station "Alessandro Volta", the biggest power station in Italy.

The nuclear power plant has two units:



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