Unit 5 Greifswald nuclear power plant

Summary

Decommissioning of Unit 5 Greifswald nuclear power plant (KGR 5) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is being carried out by EWN Entsorgungswerk für Nuklearanlagen GmbH. Trial operation began in April 1980. The plant was shut down on 29 November 1989.

General information

Site	Rubenow
Federal state	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Type (construction line)	Pressurised water reactor (WWER-440/213)
Current operator	EWN Entsorgungswerk für Nuklearanlagen GmbH
Operator prior to decommissioning	VE Kombinat Kernkraftwerke "Bruno Leuschner"
Manufacturer	VEB Kombinat Kraftwerksanlagenbau
Owner	EWN Entsorgungswerk für Nuklearanlagen GmbH

Operational data

Application date	4 March 1977
Start of construction	July 1977
First criticality	26 March 1989
First grid synchronisation	24 April 1989
Shutdown date	29 November 1989

Technical data

Net electric capacity	408 MW
All fuel removed from plant	Yes
Number of control elements	193