Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Station

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. In February 1988 the two units were eighty percent complete, representing about a five billion dollars investment.^[1] It never operated.

Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Plant
The NPP to the left, to the right the Steam Power Plant Alessandro Volta
Official name	Centrale elettronucleare Alto Lazio
Country	Italy
Coordinates	42°21′31.68″N 11°31′53.04″E
Status	Cancelled
Construction began	1 July 1982
Decommission date	1 January 1988
Owner	Enel
Operator	Enel
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	BWR
Power generation
Units cancelled	2 x 982 MW
Nameplate capacity	2,018 MW
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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.

In 2024, Enel and solar power developer Comal announced the construction of the Tracker Sun Hunter factory, a solar tracker manufacturing facility that will be built inside the Montalto di Castro nuclear power station.^[2]

Reactor data

The nuclear power plant has two units:

Unit	Reactor type	Net capacity	Gross capacity	Start of construction	Mothballed
Montalto di Castro-1 [3]	BWR/6 (Mark III)[4][5]	982 MW	1009 MW	1 July 1982	1 January 1988
Montalto di Castro-2 [6]	BWR/6 (Mark III)	982 MW	1009 MW	1 July 1982	1 July 1988