Isar Nuclear Power Plant

Isar Nuclear Power Plant
Isar nuclear power plant
CountryGermany
Coordinates48°36′20.18″N 12°17′35.34″E / 48.6056056°N 12.2931500°E / 48.6056056; 12.2931500
StatusDecommissioned
Construction began1971
Commission date21 March 1979
Decommission date15 April 2023
OwnersIsar 1: PreussenElektra (100%)
Isar 2: 75% PreussenElektra; 25% SWM
OperatorPreussenElektra
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeUnit 1 BWR
Unit 2 PWR
Cooling towers1
Cooling sourceIsar River
Power generation
Units decommissioned1 x 912 MW (Unit 1), 1 x 1485 MW (Unit 2)
Nameplate capacity2,387 MW
Capacity factor91.1%
Annual net output19,051 GW·h
External links
WebsiteIsar 1 and 2
CommonsRelated media on Commons

Isar I and Isar II were two nuclear power plants situated on the Isar river, 14 kilometres from Landshut, between Essenbach and Niederaichbach in Bavaria, Germany.

Isar I is a boiling water reactor which began operation in 1979 and was permanently shut down in 2011 as a result of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. It had a nameplate capacity of 912MWe. Isar II is a Konvoi-type pressurized water reactor which began operation in 1988 and has a nameplate capacity of 1485MWe. As part of the country's nuclear power phase-out, Isar II was taken out of service on 15 April 2023, being among the last 3 reactors in Germany still operating at this time.