Grafenrheinfeld

Infobox German Location
Wappen = Wappen von Grafenrheinfeld.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 0
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 12
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Unterfranken
Landkreis = Schweinfurt
Höhe = 208
Fläche = 11.35
Einwohner = 3370
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 97506
Vorwahl = 09723
Kfz = SW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 6 78 136
Straße = Am Marktplatz 1
Website = [http://www.grafenrheinfeld.de/ www.grafenrheinfeld.de]
Bürgermeister = Walter Weinig

Grafenrheinfeld is a municipality in the district of Schweinfurt in Bavaria, Germany. The municipality is home to the nuclear power station, Grafenrheinfeld, which opened in 1982.

Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Station

The nuclear power station Grafenrheinfeld (short: KKG - not to confound with the likewise shortened nuclear power station Goesgen in Switzerland) is located south of Schweinfurt at the Main. Commencement of construction was 1974, start-up took place 1981. It concerns a pressurized water reactor of the 3. Generation ("before Konvoi" plant so mentioned) with an electrical gross achievement of 1345 MW. Operator is the E.ON nuclear power GmbH with seat in Hanover. The two cooling towers with a height of 143 m are far away visible. The nuclear power station was in the years 1984 and 1985 in each case "power station world champion". In the much discussed anti-nuclear power novel "Die Wolke" by Gudrun Pausewang, a fictitious nuclear disaster occurs at Grafenrheinfeld, releasing a radioactive cloud which pollutes much of Germany. In the film of the same name against it a fictitious atomic power plant is called. At the power station is an information center. Temporary storage facilities for burned down core fuel elements, built again at the location, went on 1 March 2006 into enterprise.

KFU-Mast

The KFU (nuclear reactor remote control, German Kernenergiefernüberwachung) mast Grafenrheinfeld is a far visible, guyed steel framework mast for the measurement of meteorological parameters and the environmental radioactivity. It is outside of the work area approx.. 750 meters south the power station. The KFU-mast is 164 meters high and was built in 1977/78.