Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant

[1][2] Construction of the plant began in April 1972, as a boiling-water reactor rated at 692 megawatts electric power output.

Following the 1978 referendum, no commercial nuclear power plant (built for the purpose of producing electricity) ever went into operation in Austria.

In 1978, Austria enacted a law prohibiting the construction and operation of fission reactors for electrical power generation, hence the plant nowadays is used for research purposes.

[5] The plant was purchased by Austrian energy company EVN Group in 2005; it is used as a security training centre[6] and leased for filming, photography, and other events.

The research center is equipped with a 190 kW photovoltaic system consisting of two modules with solar tracking assemblies.