List of nuclear reactors in Switzerland
The list of nuclear reactors in Switzerland includes all nuclear power plants that are in operation or whose planning has finally been abandoned, as well as all research reactors , all of which with one exception are now decommissioned.
Overview
In Switzerland there are three nuclear power plants with four reactor blocks and an installed gross total output of 3,095 MW on the grid. Their share in total electricity generation is around 37 percent.
In Switzerland, the Beznau 1 reactor block , which is still in operation, was the first to go into operation on July 17, 1969. Beznau 1 is thus (2019) the oldest active nuclear reactor in the world. The Leibstadt nuclear power plant , with one reactor block and an installed gross output of 1,220 MW, is the most powerful, with the reactor block also being the newest.
After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima , the government in Bern decided on May 25, 2011 to phase out nuclear energy. The National Council approved the motion on June 8, 2011 , and the Council of States followed suit on September 28, 2011. The existing Nuclear Energy Act is to be changed so that no permits are issued for new nuclear reactors, the existing plants are to be shut down after a total term of 50 years . The nuclear phase-out would thus be completed by 2034. However, the legislative proposal of the Council of States expressly does not speak of a “technology ban”; the Federal Council should report regularly on the further development of the technology.
Reactors for commercial energy generation
Surname | block |
Reactor type | model | status | Net power in MW |
Gross power in MW |
start of building | First network synchronization |
Commercial operation (planned) |
Switching off processing (planned) |
Feed- in in TWh |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beznau | 1 | DWR | WH 2LP | In operation | 365 | 380 | 09/01/1965 | 09/01/1969 | 09/01/1969 | - | 119.40 |
2 | DWR | WH 2LP | In operation | 365 | 380 | 01/01/1968 | October 23, 1971 | 03/04/1972 | - | 125.74 | |
Gösgen | 1 | DWR | PWR 3 loop | In operation | 1010 | 1060 | December 01, 1973 | 02/02/1979 | 11/01/1979 | - | 281.37 |
Leibstadt | 1 | SWR | BWR-6 | In operation | 1220 | 1275 | 01/01/1974 | 05/24/1984 | December 15, 1984 | - | 265.95 |
Mühleberg | 1 | SWR | BWR-4 | Shut down | 373 | 390 | 03/01/1967 | 07/01/1971 | 11/06/1972 | December 20, 2019 | 116.37 |
Reactors whose planning has finally been abandoned
Plant name | Type of plant | Start planning | Project discontinued | Comments and planned start of construction or commissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
dig | Boiling water reactor | - | 01/01/1989 | 1214 MW gross power, 1140 MW net power; Planning finished |
Inwil | Boiling water reactor | - | - | ? MW gross power, 900 MW net power; Planning finished |
Kaiseraugst | Boiling water reactor | - | 01/01/1989 | ? MW gross power, 1000 MW net power; Planning finished |
Rüthi | Pressurized water reactor | - | - | ? MW gross power, 900 MW net power; Planning finished |
Verbois | High temperature reactor | - | - | ? MW gross power, 1100 MW net power; Planning finished |
Niederamt | open, probably pressurized water reactor | - | - | open (approx. 1100–1600 MW, with hybrid cooling tower); Planning finished |
Beznau 3 | open, probably pressurized water reactor | - | - | open (approx. 1200–1600 MW, with hybrid cooling tower); Planning finished |
Mühleberg 2 | open, probably pressurized water reactor | - | - | open (approx. 1000–1600 MW, with hybrid cooling tower); Planning finished |
Research / experimental reactors
Plant name | Type of plant | Status of the plant | construction commencing |
Germany Operation- takeover |
switching off processing |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGN 201 P | HOMOG (S) | Shut down | 05/01/1958 | 06/01/1958 | 01/01/1987 | Owner and operator: University of Geneva ; Training reactor |
AGN 211 P | HOMOG (S) | Shut down | 04/30/1959 | 08/01/1959 | 12/2015 | 2 kWt; Owner: University of Basel ; Operator: Institute for Physics; Training reactor |
Lucens (VAKL) | Heavy water reactor , underground | Dismantled after an accident | 07/01/1962 | 05/10/1968 | 01/21/1969 | 30 MWt; Owner and operator: Energie Ouest Suisse (EOS); Experimental nuclear power plant |
CROCUS | critical arrangement | In operation | 01/01/1979 | 07/13/1983 | 0.10 kWt; Owner: Laboratory for Reactor Physics ; Operator: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne ; Training reactor | |
DIORITE | Heavy water reactor | Decommissioned and dismantled, with the exception of the reactor building | 01/01/1957 | 10/10/1960 | 07/07/1977 | 30,000 kWt; Owner and operator: Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI); Research reactor (with potential military use) |
PROTEUS | critical arrangement | Shut down | 06/01/1965 | 01/01/1968 | 04/19/2011 | 1 kWt; Owner and operator: Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI); Research reactor |
sapphire | Swimming pool reactor ( light water ) | Decommissioned and dismantled, with the exception of the reactor building | 05/01/1956 | 04/30/1957 | 05/13/1994 | 10,000 kWt; Owner: Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI); Operator: Saphir Division, Paul Scherrer Institute; Research reactor |
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ AKW off the grid: Switzerland plans to phase out nuclear power - by 2034. In: Spiegel Online . May 25, 2011, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Christoph Pagel: Switzerland: nuclear phase-out by 2034. In: Focus Online . May 25, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Switzerland plans to phase out nuclear power. In: derStandard.at. May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung : National Council for Phase-Out of Atomic Energy , June 8, 2011.
- ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung : Council of States says yes to the nuclear phase-out , September 28, 2011.
- ↑ Switzerland. IAEA, accessed November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Beznau is no longer the oldest nuclear power plant in the world - how is that suddenly possible? Retrieved January 13, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ The decommissioning order for the Mühleberg nuclear power plant is available. BKW Energie , June 21, 2018, accessed on November 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Graben nuclear power plant in the IAEA's PRIS ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Project of the Inwil nuclear power plant (Lucerne) (English)
- ↑ Kaiseraugst nuclear power plant in the IAEA PRIS ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Rüthi nuclear power plant, 1970s (English)
- ↑ Centrale nucléaire de Verbois (English)