Neder-Betuwe
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Neder-Betuwe (until 2003 called Kesteren) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands.
In Dodewaard a nuclear power plant with a boiling water reactor is in the process of being decommissioned. It was operational in the period 1968-1997. It had a capacity of 58 MW. In 2003 the last fissionable material was removed. Parts of the plant are demolished, the main, radioactive part is being prepared for a 40-year waiting period of "safe enclosure" from 2005-2045, before being demolished. The main source of radioactivity is cobalt-60 with a half-life of 5.27 years, hence it is reduced by a factor 193 in 40 years. Waiting longer is not as effective, since at that time the main source of radioactivity will become nickel-63 with a half-life of 100.1 years.
The spent uranium in the course of time, and the uranium left when operation was discontinued, were transported to BNFL in Sellafield for nuclear reprocessing.
See also nuclear reactors in the Netherlands.
In February 1995 Ochten reached world press because of a weakened dike. Due to this situation 250,000 people in this region had to evacuate.
Population centres
Dodewaard, Echteld, Eldik, IJzendoorn, Kesteren, Ochten and Opheusden.
External link
- Official Website (http://www.kesteren.nl)
- Nuclear power plant (http://www.kcd.nl/) (in Dutch)
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