Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant
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 Location of Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant in Germany
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| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°15′9″N 8°26′11″E / 49.25250°N 8.43639°ECoordinates: 49°15′9″N 8°26′11″E / 49.25250°N 8.43639°E |
| Construction began | 1970 |
| Commission date | May 7, 1979 |
| Operator(s) | EnBW |
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| Cooling source | Rhine River |
| Cooling towers | 2 |
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| Units operational | 1 PWR × 1392 MW net |
| Capacity factor | 89.3% |
| Average generation | 17,845 GWh |
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Website Site of EnBW |
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The Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant is located in Philippsburg in Karlsruhe (district). It is operated by EnBW Kernkraft GmbH.
It houses two units, the first a boiling water reactor (BWR) and the second a pressurized water reactor (PWR).
For the first unit, parts made for the cancelled Wyhl plant were used. The second unit was originally planned to be a BWR as well but plans later changed. Final disconnection for both units was scheduled for 2011 for unit 1 and 2017 for unit 2, but as of 2010 had been changed to 2026 and 2032 respectively.
Following the incident at the Fukushima plant in Japan reactor 1 was closed on 17 March 2011 for a three-month moratorium on nuclear power. The outcome of this moratorium was announced on the morning of 30 May 2011 and Philippsburg-1 was named as a plant that would not be returning to generation at the end of the moratorium.
Unit 1
Unit 2
Coolant intake
Cooling tower
Remote view
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