Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant

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Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant was a now-decommissioned nuclear power station in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that played a significant role in the country’s electricity generation before its shutdown under the German nuclear phase-out policy.

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instanceOf electric power station
nuclear power plant
commercialOperationStart 1980
1985
constructionStart 1970
1977
coolingSource Rhine River
linked to: Rhine
country Germany
decommissioningProcessStart 2017
2020
energySource nuclear fission
formerStatus base-load power plant
fuelType low-enriched uranium
gridConnectionDate 1979-03-07
1984-12-17
gridOperatorRegion TransnetBW control area
hasCoolingTowers yes
hasReactor Philippsburg 1
Philippsburg 2
locatedIn Philippsburg
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Baden-Württemberg
Karlsruhe district
locatedInCountry Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Germany
locatedInRegion Upper Rhine Plain
locatedNear Rhine River
linked to: Rhine
netElectricalCapacity 1468 MW
926 MW
numberOfReactors 2
operatedBy EnBW Kernkraft GmbH
ownedBy EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
partOf German nuclear power fleet
permanentShutdown 2011
2019
policyContext Energiewende
linked to: German Energiewende

German Atomic Energy Act phase-out amendments
reactorNetCapacity_Philippsburg1 926 MW
reactorNetCapacity_Philippsburg2 1468 MW
reactorSupplier_Philippsburg1 Kraftwerk Union AG
reactorSupplier_Philippsburg2 Kraftwerk Union AG
reactorType boiling water reactor
pressurized water reactor
reasonForShutdown German nuclear phase-out policy
post-Fukushima nuclear safety policy in Germany
regulatoryAuthority Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
safetyAuthority Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment
shutdownDate 2011-03-17
2019-12-31
significantFor electricity generation in Baden-Württemberg
electricity supply in southwest Germany
status decommissioned

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Philippsburg hasNearbyFacility Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant