Emsland Nuclear Power Plant

Emsland Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant located in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany just south of the Lingen Nuclear Power Plant. The plant’s single reactor had a nameplate capacity of 1,363 MW, and it was in operation from 1988 to 2023. It was owned by RWE Power AG.

Emsland Nuclear Power Plant
Emsland Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Germany
Location	Emsland
Coordinates	52°28′27.23″N 07°19′04.29″E
Status	Shut down
Construction began	10 August 1982
Commission date	20 June 1988
Decommission date	15 April 2023
Owners	87.5% RWE 12.5% PreussenElektra
Operator	KKW Lippe-Ems
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Siemens
Cooling towers	1
Cooling source	Ems River
Power generation
Units operational	1 x 1,363 MW
Make and model	Siemens
Nameplate capacity	1,363 MW
Capacity factor	93.4%
Annual net output	11,148 GW·h
External links
Website	in German
Commons	Related media on Commons

Basic information

The reactor had 193 fuel elements totaling a core weight of 103 tons. It is of the German Konvoi [de] type, which was also used at Isar Nuclear Power Plant and Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant.

The power plant has a 153-metre (502ft) tall natural-draft cooling tower.

While it was in operation, there were no events higher than 0 on the INES scale at the power plant.^[1]

A model of the nuclear power plant

History

Construction of the power plant began on 10 August 1982. The reactor first reached criticality on 14 April 1988, and began operation on 20 June 1988.

As part of the nuclear power phase-out^{[broken anchor]}, the nuclear power plant was taken out of service on April 15, 2023.^[2][3] It is currently undergoing decommissioning.