Caorso Nuclear Power Plant
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Caorso Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant
at Caorso
in Italy
.
Consisting of one 860MWe BWR, it operated from 1978 until 1990, when it was closed following the referendum
of November 1987. It was the last nuclear power plant to go online in Italy.
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...
at Caorso
Caorso
Caorso is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 13 km east of Piacenza...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
Consisting of one 860MWe BWR, it operated from 1978 until 1990, when it was closed following the referendum
Italian nuclear power referendum, 1987
Five nationwide popular referendums were held in Italy on 8 November 1987, with three questions about nuclear energy after the Chernobyl disaster, and two questions about justice. Voting day had been postponed of six months, according to the Italian Constitution, because of the snap election of...
of November 1987. It was the last nuclear power plant to go online in Italy.
External links
- Nuclear power in Italy at the WNAWorld Nuclear AssociationThe World Nuclear Association , formerly the Uranium Institute, is an international organization that promotes nuclear power and supports the many companies that comprise the global nuclear industry...
site.