Zwentendorf
- Country: Austria
- Role: Civil Power
- Status: Never Completed
- Year: 1978
Overview
A completed 700 MW boiling water reactor on the Danube that was never fueled after a razor thin 1978 referendum barred nuclear power in Austria. The intact building now hosts solar panels, training courses and film shoots, a unique monument of antinuclear politics.
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