CIRENE nuclear power plant
| CIRENE nuclear power plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 25 ′ 38 " N , 12 ° 48 ′ 29" E | |
| Country: | Italy | |
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| Owner: | Società gestione impianti nucleari | |
| Operator: |
Ente nazionale per l'energia elettrica Duck per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente |
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| Planning finished: | January 1, 1988 | |
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Construction discontinued (gross): |
1 (40 MW) | |
| Energy fed in since commissioning: | 0 GWh | |
| Was standing: | August 15, 2011 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The CIRENE nuclear power plant (abbreviation for CISE Reattore a Nebbia ) was to be built near Latina (Latium) in Italy . Construction began in 1979 until the project was discontinued in 1988 after the 1987 referendum on the nuclear phase-out. The owner is the Società gestione impianti nucleari (SOGIN), which is responsible for the dismantling of the Italian nuclear power plants , and the operator should be the energy company Enel or the Italian national energy and environmental agency Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA).
prehistory
The National Committee for Nuclear Energy ( Comitato Nazionale per l'Energia Nucleare - CNEN, forerunner of ENEA) and the energy company Enel began developing an Italian version of the CANDU reactor in 1967 , which was to be heavy water moderated but light water cooled. The project was named CIRENE (CISE Reattore a Nebbia), named after the Center for Information, Research and Experiments ( Centro Informazioni, Studi ed Esperienze - CISE), which was founded in Milan in 1946 and was involved in the design and construction of the reactor involved. The European Community financed the CIRENE project. In 1972 the electrical engineering and mechanical engineering company Ansaldo was commissioned to build a prototype with an electrical output of 40 MW near the existing Latina nuclear power plant .
Construction and cancellation
The construction of the Heavy Water Light Water Reactor (HWLWR) with a net electrical output of 35 MW and a gross output of 40 MW began on January 1, 1979. The reactor has been completed and tested. However, technical problems arose and there was a lack of economic resources. In the wake of the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986, a clear majority of the population voted against nuclear energy in the referendum on November 8, 1987. As a result, the CIRENE project was abandoned and construction stopped on January 1, 1988. The core of the prototype with a height of four meters is still in Latina.
Data of the reactor block
The CIRENE nuclear power plant should have one power plant block :
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercialization of essential operation |
switching off processing |
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| CIRENE | HWLWR | 35 MW | 40 MW | 1st January 1979 | - | - | January 1st, 1988 construction stopped |
Individual evidence
- ^ IAEA - Country Nuclear Power Profile - Italy Report. In: zonanucleare.com. Retrieved August 16, 2011 .
- ↑ il Giornale dell 'Ingegnere. (No longer available online.) In: giornaleingegnere.it. 2004, archived from the original on April 29, 2011 ; Retrieved August 16, 2011 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Nuclear Power in Italy. In: world-nuclear.org. World Nuclear Association, July 2011, accessed August 16, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "Nuclear Power Reactor Details - CIRENE" ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ Enrico Mainardi: Past and present nuclear industrial situation in Italy. In: euronuclear.org. Retrieved August 16, 2011 .
- ↑ Italy. In: Country Nuclear Power Profiles. IAEA , December 2006, accessed August 16, 2011 .
- ^ The Italian nuclear phase-out. In: Atomic Energy Info Series, Volume 9. Accessed August 16, 2011 .
- ↑ lo scienziato sconfitto da un referendum. In: Corriere della Sera. September 26, 1994, accessed August 16, 2011 (Italian).
