Zwentendorf

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Zwentendorf an der Donau
Nuclear power station at Zwentendorf
Nuclear power station at Zwentendorf
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Zwentendorf (Austria)
Zwentendorf
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Lower Austria
District Tulln
Mayor Hermann Kühtreiber (SPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area 53.85 km² (20.8 sq mi)
Elevation 182 m  (597 ft)
Population 3,714  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 69 /km² (179 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate TU
Postal code 3435
Area code 02277
Website www.zwentendorf.at

Coordinates: 48°20′33″N 15°54′50″E / 48.3425, 15.91389

Zwentendorf an der Donau is a small market municipality in Lower Austria, Austria, with 3,280 inhabitants. It is located at 48°21′N, 15°54′E, in the Tullnerfeld on the southern bank of the Danube. The place attained celebrity as the site of the only Austrian nuclear power station, which was established here, but its start-up was prevented by a popular vote on November 5, 1978. A breath-thin majority of 50.47% voted against the start-up.

Instead, near Zwentendorf, were built:

  • Danube power station Altenwörth (1976)
  • the thermal power station Dürnrohr (1986)
  • the HVDC-back-to-back station Dürnrohr on the area of the transformer station Dürnrohr (1983, 1996 shutdown) with a transmission rate of 550 megawatts during DC voltage of 145 kV. This plant served Dürnrohr until 1996 for the energy exchange with Czechoslovakia (from 1993 the Czech Republic) over a 380kV three-phase AC current leading from the HGÜ-Kurzkupplung to the transformer station Slavětice.

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