goingcritical:greifswald-5Germany · Power reactor
Greifswald 5
Status: Shut down reached first criticality March 26, 1989 Reactor status full glossary → Announced Publicly announced — a site and design are proposed, but construction has not begun. Site preparation Early site and civil works are under way; the first safety-related ("nuclear") concrete has not yet been poured. Under construction Formal construction has begun, marked by the first nuclear concrete. Fuel loaded Nuclear fuel has been loaded into the core. The reactor is fuelled but has not yet gone critical. Critical Has reached first criticality — a self-sustaining chain reaction, usually at low power — but is not yet connected to the grid. Grid connected Synchronised to the electrical grid and exporting power for the first time, but still in commissioning and power-ascension testing — not yet in commercial service. In commercial operation — the operator has formally declared the unit in regular commercial service. Shut down Permanently shut down and no longer generating; may be defuelled, undergoing decommissioning, or preserved in place. Canceled Abandoned before completion.
Site: Lubmin, near Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The one newer-design VVER-440/213 unit at Greifswald. It ran only a few weeks of trial operation before being shut down on 24 November 1989, and was never restarted as the East German fleet was closed around reunification.
Details
| Design | VVER-440 (V-213) PWR |
| Electrical output | 408 MWe |
Milestone history
- Announced —
- Construction start December 1, 1976
- Fuel load —
- First criticality March 26, 1989
- Grid connection April 24, 1989
- Commercial operation November 1, 1989