Lingen Nuclear Power Plant is an inactive

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Emsland Nuclear Power Plant Emsland Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear reactor located in the district of Emsland, Germany just south of the Lingen Nuclear Power Plant. The reactor has 193 fuel elements totaling a core weight of 103 tons. It is a Konvoi type reactor. It i ...

. It was constructed between 1964 and 1968 as a demonstration of safe and reliable nuclear power. Operation began on 1 October 1968. It once belonged to VEW, and now belongs to

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. The plant was permanently shut down in 1977.

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