Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant

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Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power plant Neckarwestheim
Country	Germany
Location	Neckarwestheim
Coordinates	49°02′30″N 9°10′30″E / 49.04167°N 9.17500°E / 49.04167; 9.17500
Status	Decommissioned
Construction began	1971
Commission date	26 May 1976
Decommission date	15 April 2023
Owner(s)	EnBW
Operator(s)	EnBW
Cooling towers	1
Cooling source	Neckar River
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 1,400 MW
Nameplate capacity	1,435 MW
Capacity factor	87.1%
Annual net output	17,060 GW·h
External links
Website	www.enbw.com/unternehmen/konzern/energieerzeugung/kernenergie/standorte/
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant in Neckarwestheim, Germany, sometimes abbreviated GKN (for German: Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Neckar), operated by EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, a subsidiary of EnBW.

As part of the nuclear power phase-out, it was taken out of service on April 15, 2023.^[1][2] Since the shutdown of the plant, Germany has been dependent on coal and natural gas to generate electricity.^[3][4]