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Unit C Gundremmingen nuclear power plant

Alois Wüst, Gundremmingen KKW August 2011, zugeschnitten von BMUB, 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 | |
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Site | Gundremmingen |
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 | |
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Application date | 15 March1974 |
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 | |
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Thermal reactor power | 3,840 MW |
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 | |
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Emission of radioactive substances (annual data) | http://www.lfu.bayern.de/strahlung/jahresberichte/index.htm (German) http://www.bfs.de/DE/themen/ion/umwelt/luft-boden/emissionsueberwachung/emissionsueberwachung.html |
Reportable events | http://www.stmuv.bayern.de/themen/reaktorsicherheit/meldepflicht/index.htm (German) |
Current remote monitoring data | http://www.lfu.bayern.de/strahlung/kfue_messdaten/daten/index.htm |
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 |