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THTR-300

Energy infrastructure completed in 1985Former nuclear power stations in GermanyFormer nuclear research institutesJoint undertakings of the European Union and European Atomic Energy CommunityNuclear power stations with closed reactors
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The THTR-300 was a thorium cycle high-temperature nuclear reactor rated at 300 MW electric (THTR-300) in Hamm-Uentrop, Germany. It started operating in 1983, synchronized with the grid in 1985, operated at full power in February 1987 and was shut down September 1, 1989. The THTR-300 served as a prototype high-temperature reactor (HTR) to use the TRISO pebble fuel produced by the AVR, an experimental pebble bed operated by VEW (Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen). The THTR-300 cost €2.05 billion and was predicted to cost an additional €425 million through December 2009 in decommissioning and other associated costs. The German state of North Rhine Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany, and Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH (HKG) financed the THTR-300’s construction.

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N 51.679166666667 ° E 7.9716666666667 °
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Lippestraße
59071 Hamm
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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