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Shuttered nuclear power plant in Germany
Lingen Nuclear Power Plant
Lingen Nuclear Power Plant in 1973
CountryGermany
Coordinates52°28′58″N 7°18′25″E / 52.48278°N 7.30694°E / 52.48278; 7.30694
StatusDecommissioned
Construction beganOctober 1, 1964
Commission dateJuly 1, 1968
Decommission dateJanuary 5, 1977
OwnerRWE Power AG
Operators
  • RWE Power
  • VEW
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeBWR
Power generation
Units decommissioned1 × 268 MW
Nameplate capacity268 MW
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CommonsRelated media on Commons
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Lingen Nuclear Power Plant is an inactive nuclear power plant in Germany, close to Emsland Nuclear Power Plant. It was constructed between 1964 and 1968 as a demonstration of safe and reliable nuclear power. Operation began on 1 October 1968.

It once belonged to VEW, and now belongs to RWE Power AG.

The plant was permanently shut down in 1977.

References

  1. RWE. "Lingen nuclear power plant". www.rwe.com. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  2. O., Deublein (1977). "Lingen nuclear power plant - construction and operation". Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen (in German). 27 (4).
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