Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant
The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was to be the first nuclear power plant in Poland. The construction was cancelled due to changes in the economic and political situation in Poland, in the Soviet Union and in the Eastern Bloc and due to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the following years.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lake Żarnowiec and Kaszubskie Oko.
Lake Żarnowiec
Lake
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Lake Żarnowiec is located in the Pomorze Voivodeship. It is 7.6 km long, 2.6 km wide and has a depth of 16 m. The river Piaśnica cuts through it. The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was supposed to be built next to it. Lake Żarnowiec is situated 2½ km northwest of Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant.
Kaszubskie Oko
Recreation area
Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station
Industrial building
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The Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage power station located about 7 km south of Żarnowiec, in Puck County, northern Poland. It was constructed between 1973 and 1983 and underwent a modernisation between 2007 and 2011, with the upper reservoir reconstructed in 2006. Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station is situated 2½ km south of Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kartoszyno and Czymanowo.
Kartoszyno
Village
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Kartoszyno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 7 km south-west of Krokowa, 20 km west of Puck, and 54 km north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Czymanowo
Village
Nadole
Village
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Nadole is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniewino, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 5 km north-east of Gniewino, 21 km north-west of Wejherowo, and 57 km north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant
- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: unfinished nuclear power station in Poland
- Categories: nuclear power plant, unfinished building, and industry
- Location: Gmina Krokowa, Puck County, Pomorskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.74307° or 54° 44′ 35″ northLongitude
18.08683° or 18° 5′ 13″ eastOpen location code
9F6WP3VP+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 83047082OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldWikidata ID
Q1739505
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Ukrainian—“Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Żarnowiec”
- Dutch: “Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant”
- Estonian: “Żarnowieci tuumaelektrijaam”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Żarnowiec”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Zarnowiec”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Żarnowiec”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Zarnowiece”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Żarnowiece”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Zarnowitz”
- Hungarian: “Żarnowiec atomerőmű”
- Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Zarnowiec”
- Italian: “centrale nucleare di Żarnowiec”
- Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Żarnowiec”
- Japanese: “ジャルノヴィエツ原子力発電所”
- Japanese: “ジャルノビエツ原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Żarnowiec kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Żarnowiec kjernekraftverk”
- Polish: “EJŻ”
- Polish: “Elektrownia Jądrowa „Żarnowiec””
- Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa w Żarnowcu”
- Polish: “Elektrownia Jądrowa Żarnowiec”
- Russian: “Атомная Электростанция «Жарновец»”
- Russian: “АЭС «Жарновец»”
- Russian: “АЭС Жарновец”
- Russian: “Жарновец (АЭС)”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear de Żarnowiec”
- Swedish: “Żarnowiec kärnkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “АЕС Жарновець”
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