Germany · 49.253, 8.436Philippsburg
Philippsburg, nuclear power plant in Germany, operated 2 reactors: 1 boiling water and 1 pressurized water between 1980 and 2019 and is now shut down.
- Country
- Germany
- Units
- 2
- Technology
- BWR · PWR
- Net capacity
- —
- First grid connection
- 1980
- Operator
- EnBW Kernkraft
- Owner
- EnBW Kraftwerke AG · EnBW Kernkraft GmbH
- Status
- Shut down
See also: alerts for this plant · every plant in Germany · Vendor: Siemens / Kraftwerk Union · every BWR reactor · how a BWR works · every PWR reactor · how a PWR works
Operating capacity
0 MWe
net electrical
Units
2
0 operating
First start-up
1980
Units
| Unit | Type | Model | Status | MWe | MWt | Construction start | Grid connection | Closure | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippsburg 1 | Boiling water (BWR) | KWU BWR, '69 design line (BWR-69) | Shut down | 890 | 2,575 | Oct 1970 | May 1979 | Aug 2011 | — |
| Philippsburg 2 | Pressurized water (PWR) | Siemens-KWU (KWU) | Shut down | 1,402 | 3,950 | Jul 1977 | Dec 1984 | Dec 2019 | — |
Data: IAEA PRIS · Wikipedia · updated on Sep 17, 2026
Philippsburg 1, an 890 MWe BWR (KWU BWR, '69 design line (BWR-69)), started construction in 1970 and operated from 1979 to 2011.
Philippsburg 2, a 1,402 MWe PWR (Siemens-KWU (KWU)), started construction in 1977 and operated from 1984 to 2019.
Operator: EnBW Kernkraft.
Owner: EnBW Kraftwerke AG (Philippsburg 1) · EnBW Kernkraft GmbH (Philippsburg 2).