Garigliano Nuclear Power Plant

Garigliano Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant located at Sessa Aurunca (Campania), in southern Italy. It was named after the river Garigliano.

Garigliano Nuclear Power Plant
Garigliano Nuclear Power Plant in 1963
Country
  • Italy
Coordinates41.25849°N 13.83492°E / 41.25849; 13.83492
StatusBeing decommissioned
Commission dateJanuary 1, 1964
Decommission dateMarch 1, 1982
Operator(s)
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeBWR
Power generation
Units decommissioned1 × 150 MW
Nameplate capacity150 MW
External links
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Consisting of one 150MWe BWR from General Electric, it operated from 1964 until 1982. First criticality was on 5 June 1963, with grid connection 1 January 1964 and full commercial operation from 1 June in that year. Final shutdown was 1 March 1982.

Garigliano was in 1964 the fourth BWR ever worldwide commercial operated, and had the second highest MW-capacity after Dresden Nuclear Power Plant unit 1.

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