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Lingen nuclear power plant

Retired Germany
Gross capacity
268MW

Lingen nuclear power plant is a boiling water reactor unit at Lingen nuclear power plant in Germany rated at 268 MW gross. It is retired. Commercial operation began 1 Oct 1968.

Specification
Reactor type Boiling water reactor (BWR)
ModelBWR with fossil fuel-fired superheater
Size classLarge
CoolantLight water
ModeratorLight water
Gross capacity268MW
Net capacity (reference)183MW
Net capacity (design)183MW
Thermal output520MWt
Typical enrichment3–5% U-235
Ownership & location
SiteLingen nuclear power plant
Unitnot stated
CountryGermany
OwnerRWE Nuclear GmbH100%
OperatorKernkraftwerk Lingen
Coordinates 52.4831, 7.3005
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Uranium dioxide pellets in zirconium-alloy cladding
Enrichment
3–5% U-235
Who makes this assembly
Upstream

Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.

RosatomUrencoCNNCOrano
Conversion
CamecoCNNCConverDynOranoRosatom
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units — utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.

Timeline

  1. 1 Oct 1964Construction start
  2. 31 Jan 1968First criticality
  3. 1 Jul 1968Grid connection
  4. 1 Oct 1968Commercial operation
  5. 5 Jan 1977Permanent shutdown

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