Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant
- Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant
Infobox NPP
Picture =Kernkraftwerk Grafenrheinfeld 1.jpg
Pic_des =
EIGENTÜMER = E.ON
Utility = E.ON
Built =January 1, 1975
Start =December 21, 1981
End =
Reactor =1
S_Reactor =
Capacity =1.345
El_Prod =9.425
for_year = 2006
El_Prod_avg =9.964
Net_Prod =235.027
WEBSITE = [http://www.eon-kernkraft.com/frameset_german/nuclear-power-plant/nuclear-power-plant_locations/energy_nuclearpower_kkgrafenrheinfeld.jsp Plant's site on E.ON's site]
as_of =October 5, 2006The Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant (German: Kernkraftwerk Grafenrheinfeld, or KKG but the Gösgen plant in Switzerland shares the abbreviation) is located near Grafenrheinfeld, south of Schweinfurt in Main. Commencement of construction was in 1974, start-up took place 1981. It is a German third generation PWR with an electrical net power of 1345 megawatts. E.ON is the operator with a location in Hanover. The two cooling towers with a height of 143 m are visible from far away.
In the very popular anti-nuclear novel, Die Wolke (1987), a fictitious power plant has the same name.
There is an information center at the power station.
Temporary storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel, were built on site.
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