Kahl Nuclear Power Plant

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Kahl Nuclear Power Plant
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VAK Kahl
Kahl Nuclear Power Plant
Country
  • Germany
Coordinates 50°3′32.83″N8°59′14.2″E / 50.0591194°N 8.987278°E / 50.0591194; 8.987278
StatusDecommissioned
Construction began1958
Commission date July 17, 1961
Decommission dateNovember 25, 1985
OperatorVAK Kahl
Power generation
Units decommissioned1 x 16 MW
Annual net output 83 GWh (in 1985)
External links
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The Kahl plant was the first nuclear power plant ever to be built in Germany. [1] It was located in Karlstein am Main and was an (at the time) experimental boiling water reactor. It was built by General Electric and supplied by Siemens. At the end of 2008, the demolition works had been finished.

The station was the subject of the 1961 short documentary film, Kahl . [2] [3]

The plant in 2005. Versuchsatomkraftwerk KahlEdit.jpg
The plant in 2005.

See also

References

  1. "Decommissioning in Germany - Nuclear Engineering International". www.neimagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. KAHL. German Films Service, accessed Jan 2023 (archived)
  3. "Kahl (German Nuclear Power Plant)". Internet Archive. 14 March 2024.