Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant
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The Philippsburg Nuclear Power
Plant is located in Philippsburg
in Karlsruhe (district)
. It is operated by EnBW Kernkraft GmbH.
It houses two units, the first a BWR (boiling water reactor)
and the second a PWR (pressurized water reactor)
.
For the first unit, parts made for the cancelled Wyhl
plant were used. The second unit was originally planned to be a BWR as well but plans later changed. Final disconnection for both units was scheduled for 2011 for unit 1 and 2017 for unit 2, but as of 2010 had been changed to 2026 and 2032 respectively.
Following the incident at the Fukushima plant in Japan reactor 1 was closed on 17th March,2011 for a three month moratorium on nuclear power. The outcome of this moratorium was announced on the morning of 30th May,2011 and Philippsburg-1 was named as a plant that would not be returning to generation at the end of the moratorium.
Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
Plant is located in Philippsburg
Philippsburg
Philippsburg is a town in Germany, in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg.-History:Before 1632, Philippsburg was known as "Udenheim".The city was a possession of the Bishop of Speyer from 1371–1718...
in Karlsruhe (district)
Karlsruhe (district)
Karlsruhe is a rural district in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rhein-Neckar, Heilbronn,Enz, Calw, Rastatt, Germersheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis and the district-free city Speyer...
. It is operated by EnBW Kernkraft GmbH.
It houses two units, the first a BWR (boiling water reactor)
Boiling water reactor
The boiling water reactor is a type of light water nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power. It is the second most common type of electricity-generating nuclear reactor after the pressurized water reactor , also a type of light water nuclear reactor...
and the second a PWR (pressurized water reactor)
Pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactors constitute a large majority of all western nuclear power plants and are one of three types of light water reactor , the other types being boiling water reactors and supercritical water reactors...
.
For the first unit, parts made for the cancelled Wyhl
Wyhl
Wyhl is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.It was known in the 1970s for its role in the anti-nuclear movement....
plant were used. The second unit was originally planned to be a BWR as well but plans later changed. Final disconnection for both units was scheduled for 2011 for unit 1 and 2017 for unit 2, but as of 2010 had been changed to 2026 and 2032 respectively.
Following the incident at the Fukushima plant in Japan reactor 1 was closed on 17th March,2011 for a three month moratorium on nuclear power. The outcome of this moratorium was announced on the morning of 30th May,2011 and Philippsburg-1 was named as a plant that would not be returning to generation at the end of the moratorium.