Germany · 50.903, 6.421AVR Reactor
AVR Reactor, nuclear power plant in Germany, operated one high-temperature gas reactor between 1969 and 1988 and is now shut down.
- Country
- Germany
- Units
- 1
- Technology
- HTGR
- Net capacity
- —
- First grid connection
- 1969
- Operator
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor
- Owner
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor GmbH
- Status
- Shut down
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Operating capacity
0 MWe
net electrical
Units
1
0 operating
First start-up
1969
Units
| Unit | Type | Model | Status | MWe | MWt | Construction start | Grid connection | Closure | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVR Reactor | High-temperature gas (HTGR) | Pebble bed reactor prototype (AVR) (Pebble bed reactor prototype) | Shut down | 13 | 46 | Aug 1961 | Dec 1967 | Dec 1988 | — |
Data: IAEA PRIS · Wikipedia · updated on Sep 17, 2026
AVR Reactor, a 13 MWe HTGR (Pebble bed reactor prototype (AVR) (Pebble bed reactor prototype)), started construction in 1961 and operated from 1967 to 1988.
Operator: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor.
Owner: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor GmbH.