Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant

Infobox NPP
Picture = Kernkraftwerk_Krümmel.jpg
Pic_des = Nuclear power plant Krümmel
Country = Germany
EIGENTÜMER = 50 % E.ON
50 % Vattenfall
Utility = KKW Kruemmel
Built = 1974
Start = September 28, 1983
End =
Reactor = 1
S_Reactor =
Capacity = 1.401
El_Prod = 10.178
for_year = 2005
El_Prod_avg = 9.404
Net_Prod = 195.922
WEBSITE = [http://www.vattenfall.de/www/vf/vf_de/225583xberx/225613dasxu/225933bergb/226503kerng/226173kraft/226263kernk/347210kernk/index.jsp Site for plant c/o Vattenfall]
as_of = July 22, 2007

Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Geesthacht near Hamburg, Germany. It was taken into operation in 1983 and is owned 50% by Vattenfall and 50% by E.ON. Its gross power production is 1,401 MW, using a boiling water reactor. However, the plant has been shut down since June 2007.

Controversies and accidents

Since 1986, an overly high number of cases of leukemia have been found in the area around the power plant. While Krümmel has been suspected, it has not been possible to establish the cause of the cases. Note that the latent period for radiation induced cancers is around 30 years, and the plant started in 1979.

On June 28 2007, a short circuit caused a fire in the transformer of the power plant and required the plant to be shut down. Power outages were experienced in the neighboring areas. The sequence of events caused the dismissal and resignation of several Vattenfall Europe AG employees. [Nuclear Engineering International. [http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectionCode=132&storyCode=2046209 German Chain Reaction] . July 24.]

As of May 2008, the plant is still shut down, and there have been suggestions that it should not re-open. [ [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/06/18497357.php Nuclear opponents from seven countries met in Germany] ]

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