Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant

The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was to be the first nuclear power plant in . 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.
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  • Type: Brownfield land
  • Description: unfinished nuclear power station in Poland
  • Also known as: “Centrale nucleare di Zarnowiec”, “EJŻ”, “Elektrownia jądrowa w Żarnowcu”, “Kernkraftwerk Zarnowiec”, “Kernkraftwerk Zarnowiece”, “Kernkraftwerk Żarnowiece”, “Niedokończona Elektrownia Jądrowa Żarnowiec”, “Атомная Электростанция «Жарновец»”, “Жарновец (АЭС)”, and “ジャルノビエツ原子力発電所”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lake Żarnowiec and Kaszubskie Oko.

Lake
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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 cuts through it. The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was supposed to be built next to it. is situated 2½ km northwest of Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant.

Recreation area
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is a recreation area, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant.

Industrial building
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The is a pumped-storage power station located about 7 km south of , in , northern . It was constructed between 1973 and 1983 and underwent a modernisation between 2007 and 2011, with the upper reservoir reconstructed in 2006. is situated 2½ km south of Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kartoszyno and Czymanowo.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in northern Poland.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within Wejherowo County, , in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within Wejherowo County, , in northern Poland. There are in this village the Peasant and Fisherman's Farmsteads.

Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant

Latitude
54.74307° or 54° 44′ 35″ north
Longitude
18.08683° or 18° 5′ 13″ east
Open location code
9F6WP3VP+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 83047082
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­brownfield
Wiki­data 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 Żarnowiec”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Zarnowitz”
  • Hungarian: “Żarnowiec atomerőmű”
  • 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”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Żarnowiec kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Żarnowiec kjernekraftverk”
  • Polish: “Elektrownia Jądrowa „Żarnowiec””
  • Polish: “Elektrownia Jądrowa Żarnowiec”
  • Russian: “АЭС «Жарновец»”
  • Russian: “АЭС Жарновец”
  • Spanish: “Central nuclear de Żarnowiec”
  • Swedish: “Żarnowiec kärnkraftverk”
  • Ukrainian: “АЕС Жарновець”

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