Niederaichbach nuclear power plant
Niederaichbach nuclear power plant is a nuclear site in Germany with 1 unit on record. None is currently operating.
Units
Unit by unit
Each unit's rating, type and milestone dates as recorded by the Global Nuclear Power Tracker, with any correction we made to it. A dash or "not disclosed" means the source does not give the value.
Niederaichbach nuclear power plant 1 Retired
| Reactor type | Pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | pressure tube reactor |
| Size class | Small |
| Gross capacity | 106MW |
| Net capacity | 100MW |
| Thermal output | 321MWt |
| Enrichment | Natural uranium, 0.71% U-235no enrichment required |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Owner | Karlsruhe Institute For Technology100% |
| Operator | Kernkraftwerk Niederaichbach |
| Construction start | 1 Jun 1966 |
|---|---|
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 1973 |
| Permanent shutdown | 31 Jul 1974 |
Niederaichbach nuclear power plant in context
The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Dukovany nuclear power plant (286 km).
Nearest tracked nuclear sites
| Site | Country | Distance | Operating GW gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dukovany nuclear power plant | Czech Republic | 286 km | 2.0 |
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
| Location | Bayern, Germany |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 48.6047, 12.3039 |
| Elevation | about 375 mabove sea level |
| Setting | About 320 km from the sea |
| Region | Western Europe |
| Units by status | Retired: 1 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | Karlsruhe Institute For Technology |
|---|---|
| Operators | Kernkraftwerk Niederaichbach |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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