Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Station

The Montalto di Castro nuclear power station was a nuclear power plant at Montalto di Castro in Italy. Consisting of two BWR units each of 982 MWe, it was approaching completion in 1988 when the Italian government decided to close all nuclear plants as a result of the 1987 referendum. It never operated.

Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Plant
The NPP to the left, to the right the Steam Power Plant Alessandro Volta
Official name	Centrale elettronucleare Alto Lazio
Country	Italy
Coordinates	42°21′31.68″N 11°31′53.04″E
Status	Cancelled
Construction began	1 July 1982
Owner(s)	Enel
Operator(s)	Enel
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	BWR
Power generation
Units cancelled	2 x 982 MW
Nameplate capacity	2,018 MW
External links
Commons	Related media on Commons

Its area and some of the already built structures are now used by the fossil-fuel power station "Alessandro Volta", the biggest power station in Italy.

Reactor data

The nuclear power plant has two units:

Unit	Reactor type	Net capacity	Gross capacity	Start of construction	Mothballed
Montalto di Castro-1 [1]	BWR/6 (Mark III)[2][3]	982 MW	1009 MW	1 July 1982	1 January 1988
Montalto di Castro-2 [4]	BWR/6 (Mark III)	982 MW	1009 MW	1 July 1982	1 July 1988

References

1. Montalto di Castro 1 on the PRIS of the IAEA
2. Reliability Data Collection and Use in Risk and Availability Assessment Proceedings of the 5th EuReDatA Conference, Heidelberg, Germany, April 9–11, 1986, page 663, "An extensive probabilistic safety study was performed for the Alto Lazio Nuclear Plant, a two-unit BWR/6 plant presently being constructed ..."
3. The Non-Nuclear Conversion of the Montalto BWR/6-Mark III Plant: A Technical and Economical Assessment of the Proposed Options
4. Montalto di Castro 2 on the PRIS of the IAEA

External links

• Nuclear power in Italy at the WNA site.