Montalto di Castro nuclear power plant
| Montalto di Castro nuclear power plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '32 " N , 11 ° 31' 53" E | |
| Country: | Italy | |
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| Owner: | Enel | |
| Operator: | Enel | |
| Project start: | 1974 | |
| Shutdown: | 1.1.1988 | |
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Construction discontinued (gross): |
2 (2018 MW) | |
| Was standing: | June 7, 2008 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The Montalto di Castro nuclear power plant ( Italian: Centrale nucleare Montalto di Castro ) in Italy , which never went into operation, was under construction near the town of Montalto di Castro and was supposed to obtain the cooling water required for operation from the adjacent Tyrrhenian Sea . The construction of the nuclear power plant was discontinued after a referendum and the decision to phase out nuclear power . Today, there is a combined cycle power plant in its place .
history
The Montalto di Castro nuclear power plant was to have two reactors with a capacity of 1,009 MW. It was planned from 1974. Construction began in July 1982 on behalf of the energy company Enel . Two boiling water reactors were to be built. Reasons for the construction were, among other things, that one wanted to become a little more independent of oil and coal from abroad. Ultimately, the US company Westinghouse made the offer for two boiling water reactors with a new technology of the type General Electric BWR 4, Mark 3.
In 1986 the government reaffirmed the construction of the two boiling water reactors and six additional pressurized water reactors of the PUN type. However, as the effects of the Chernobyl disaster were explosive shortly afterwards , three referendums were held in November 1987 . The result heralded the end of nuclear energy in Italy and the nuclear power plants under construction were discarded, including the construction of the reactors in Montalto di Castro. The construction in Montalto di Castro, along with the construction in Piermonte Trino, was one of the most advanced nuclear power plant constructions in Italy. In June 1988 the government spoke out in favor of Italy withdrawing from the use of nuclear energy. Today there is the Alessandro Volta power plant on the site, which is fired with heating oil or natural gas . It has an output of 3,600 MW, making it the most powerful thermal power plant in Italy.
Data of the reactor blocks
The nuclear power plant should have two blocks:
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Project setting |
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| Montalto di Castro-1 | Boiling water reactor | 982 MW | 1,009 MW | 07/01/1982 | 01/01/1988 |
| Montalto di Castro-2 | Boiling water reactor | 982 MW | 1,009 MW | 07/01/1982 | 01/01/1988 |
swell
- ↑ LA STRANA STORIA DEL NUCLEARE IN ITALIA ( Memento from February 19, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (Italian)
- ↑ a b Italy 2002.pdf; IAEA (English)
- ↑ Centrale Alessandro Volta - Montalto di Castro (VT) ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian)
- ↑ Montalto di Castro 1 nuclear power plant in the IAEA's PRIS ( Memento from September 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Montalto di Castro 2 nuclear power plant in the IAEA's PRIS ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Web links
- Image of the ruins of a reactor block
- Aerial view of the abandoned nuclear power plant
- Picture of the newly built oil / gas power plant
