Nuclear power in Switzerland
The list of nuclear reactors in Switzerland includes all nuclear power plants that are in operation or the design / construction was finally abandoned, and all research reactors.
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In Switzerland, there are four nuclear power plants with five reactor units and a total installed capacity of 3,372 gross MW in operation. Their share in the total electricity generation is 40 percent.
In Switzerland, the reactor block Beznau 1, which is still in operation, was taken as the first in operation on 17 July 1969. The nuclear power plant body is city with a reactor block and an installed gross capacity of 1,220 MW, the most powerful, the reactor block is also the most powerful.
After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the government in Bern decided to phase out nuclear power on May 25, 2011. The National Council voted on June 8, 2011, the motion to the Senate followed on September 28, 2011. Existing Nuclear Energy Act should be amended so that no permits for new nuclear reactors are granted, the existing facilities are to be shut down after a total term of 50 years. Thus, the nuclear phase would be completed by 2034. The proposed legislation of States speaks but not explicitly of a " technology ban ," the Federal Council to regularly report on the advancement of technology.