It was the only nuclear power plant in the Rhineland-Palatinate after it was finished in 1986, however, due to problems with the building permit it only operated for 3 years and was taken offline in 1988.

Subsequent attempts to bring the plant online continued until 1998 when the supreme court ruled for it to never be restarted.

New requirements for a building permit were drafted and the licensing process essentially had to start over completely in order for the plant to come back online.

The government of Rhineland Palatinate granted the plant a building permit, but it was rescinded by the higher administrative court in Koblenz in 1991 and 1995.

The decision was confirmed by the federal administrative court in Berlin in 1998 in the final legal battle.