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Unit C Gundremmingen nuclear power plant
© Alois Wüst, Gundremmingen KKW August 2011, cropped by BMU, CC BY-SA 3.0
Summary
Unit C Gundremmingen nuclear power plant in Bavaria is operated by Kernkraftwerk Gundremmingen GmbH. Commercial operation began in 1985.
Details
General information
| Site | Gundremmingen |
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| Federal state | Bavaria |
| Type (construction line) | Boiling water reactor (construction line 72) |
| Current operator | Kernkraftwerk Gundremmingen GmbH |
| Manufacturer | KWU |
| Owner | PreussenElektra GmbH, RWE Nuclear GmbH |
Operational data
| Application date | 15 March1974 |
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| Start of construction | 20 July 1976 |
| First criticality | 9 October 1984 |
| First grid synchronisation | 2 November 1984 |
| Start of commercial operation | 18 January 1985 |
| Expiry of authorisation for power operation in accordance with the German Atomic Energy Act (AtG) | 31 December 2021 |
Technical data
| Thermal reactor power | 3,840 MW |
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| Gross electric capacity | 1,344 MW |
| Net electric capacity | 1,284 MW |
| Number of reactor coolant pumps | 8 axial recirculation pumps |
| Number and mass of fuel elements | 784, total fuel mass excluding structural material approx. 136 t |
| Number of fuel rods per fuel element | 10x10 fuel rod configuration |
| Composition of the nuclear fuel | UO2/PuO2 (uranium dioxide, uranium-plutonium MOX) |
| Number of control elements | 193 |
| Type of cooling system | Water cooling tower |
Documentation
| Emission of radioactive substances (annual data) | Bavarian State Office for the Environment (in German) Information on the website of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection |
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| Reportable events | List of reportable events of the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (in German) |
| Current remote monitoring data | Bavarian State Office for the Environment |
| Authority | Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, Dept. 8 (nuclear power, radiation protection, decommissioning) Rosenkavalierplatz 2 81925 Munich Tel.:+49 89 9214-00 Fax +49 89 9214 -2266 E-Mail:poststelle@stmuv.bayern.de |