AVR Reactor nuclear power plant — Germany
Retired nuclear power-station site in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Approximate location 50.9026, 6.4208.
NuclearNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGermanyPebble bed reactor prototypehigh temperature gas reactorRetired
AVR Reactor nuclear power plant is a retired nuclear power station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #682 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 0.0% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_avrreactor_germa.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (retired); fuel: GEM GNPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 15 MW, AVR Reactor nuclear power plant is below the median nuclear plant in Germany (1,302 MW). Technically it is described as high temperature gas reactor. Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #25 largest nuclear power plant of 25 in Germany by capacity.
Germany has 25 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 26,528 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
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- Inden Solar Power Plant · Solar · 3.8 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia
- Weisweiler power station · Coal · 1,800 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia
- MVA Weisweiler · Waste · 24 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia
Location
Coordinates 50.9026, 6.4208 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is AVR Reactor nuclear power plant?
AVR Reactor nuclear power plant was a nuclear-fired power station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and was retired.