Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant
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The nuclear power station Unterweser is a nuclear power plant in Kleinensiel (Municipality of Stadland
), in close proximity to Nordenham
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When it first started up, it was the largest nuclear reactor in the world. It has 193 fuel assemblies. In 2004, the measured radioactivity released into the air amounted to 3.8 TBq/a for all radionuclides, and 14 TBq/a in the water.
Unterweser was one of the seven reactors shutdown on 17th March, 2011 (although actual shutdown was several days later) pending the results of a three month moratorium on nuclear power.
30th May, 2011 the German government announce that Unterweser would not be returning to operation following the moratorium and would be decommissioned.
Stadland
Stadland is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Weser, approx. 32 km northeast of Oldenburg, and 42 km northwest of Bremen. On the west side Stadland bordered to the Jade Bight...
), in close proximity to Nordenham
Nordenham
Nordenham is a town in the Wesermarsch district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located at the mouth of the Weser river on the Butjadingen peninsula on the coast of the North Sea. The seaport city of Bremerhaven is located on the other side of the river...
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When it first started up, it was the largest nuclear reactor in the world. It has 193 fuel assemblies. In 2004, the measured radioactivity released into the air amounted to 3.8 TBq/a for all radionuclides, and 14 TBq/a in the water.
Unterweser was one of the seven reactors shutdown on 17th March, 2011 (although actual shutdown was several days later) pending the results of a three month moratorium on nuclear power.
30th May, 2011 the German government announce that Unterweser would not be returning to operation following the moratorium and would be decommissioned.