page_title: Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant
section_title: Cooling towers
hierarchical_section_title: Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant / Cooling towers
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die ehemaligen Zellenkühler von Block 1 des Kernkraftwerks Neckarwestheim. English: The former cell cooling towers of Unit 1 of Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant.
context_page_description: Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant in Neckarwestheim, Germany, sometimes abbreviated GKN, operated by EnBW Kernkraft GmbH.
context_section_description: In order to avoid overheating of the river Neckar, both blocks have cooling towers. These are not built in the usual way. Block I uses two rows of cell cooling towers. Each row has a length of 186.8 meters and a height of 18 meters. Block II uses a hybrid cooling tower with a height of 51.22 meters. It was originally going to use a wet cooling tower, but later it was decided to use dry cooling towers because it would have less effect on the environment though more expensive. This unique type of cooling tower causes the unique shape seen in pictures.
caption: The cell cooling towers from 
   Unit 1
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