With Germany's decision to phase out nuclear energy, the nuclear power plant Unterweser was shut down. The once most efficient single-block nuclear power plant in the world is now being decommissioned.For the operator PreussenElektra this.
The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at Germany’s single unit Unterweser NPP in the Wesermarsch district of Lower Saxony has been removed as part of its decommissioning using novel technology. The 1410 MWe pressurised water reactor was.
The reactor pressure vessel has been removed from the reactor pit of the shut down Unterweser nuclear power plant in Germany using a solution developed by Dutch heavy lifting and transport specialist Mammoet. PreussenElektra will use the technique to remove the vessels at four other pressurised water reactor plants it owns in Germany.