Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear power facility in Gundremmingen, Bavaria, Germany.
Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned nuclear facility in Gundremmingen, Bavaria, Germany, consisting of three reactor blocks. Units B and C operated with boiling water reactors and ceased all activity in December 2021, while dismantling work has already begun.
Unit A went online in 1966 as Germany's first large commercial reactor, but was shut down in 1977 after a flooding event damaged the reactor building. The two newer units, B and C, followed in the 1980s and powered Bavaria until the legally mandated shutdown.
The site takes its name from the nearby town of Gundremmingen on the Danube, where it has shaped the local skyline since the 1960s. It now stands as a symbol of Germany's nuclear phase-out and transition to renewable energy, while the decommissioning work continues to provide employment in the region.
The site is not open to the public, as it remains an active industrial zone under decommissioning. Visitors can view the outer cooling towers and buildings from nearby country roads and from the village of Gundremmingen itself.
A freestanding weather tower rises 174 meters (571 feet) high and monitors climate conditions from its position roughly one kilometer east of the main facility. This tower has provided continuous meteorological data for reactor safety over several decades.
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