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Caorso Nuclear Power Plant was a
nuclear power plant A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a electric generator, generato ...
at Caorso in
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. It featured a single
Boiling Water Reactor A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of light water nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power. It is a design different from a Soviet graphite-moderated RBMK. It is the second most common type of electricity-generating nuc ...
, a BWR 4 with a Mark II-
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from
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, with an electrical net output of 860 MW, used low-enriched
uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...
as fuel, was moderated and cooled by normal light water. It operated from 1981 until 1990, when it was closed following the
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of November 1987. It was by far the most modern and in terms of capacity biggest nuclear power plant to go online in Italy. The Italian
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agency
SOGIN SOGIN ('' it, Società Gestione Impianti Nucleari'', the Nuclear Plant Management Company, which is also called Sogin) is an Italian state-owned enterprise responsible for nuclear decommissioning as well as management and disposal of radioactiv ...
started the process of decommissioning the plant on January 2014.


Gallery

File:Centrale nucleare di Caorso.jpg, Outside view File:Carso Fuel pool.jpg, The fuel pool File:Centrale nucleare di Caorso - Piscina Pila Nucleare.jpg, The fuel pool File:Caorso Reactor.jpg, The area above the reactor


External links


Nuclear power in Italy
at the WNA site.


References

Nuclear power stations using boiling water reactors Former nuclear power stations in Italy {{nuclear-power-stub