<P> As in many industrialised countries , nuclear power in Germany was first developed in the late 1950s . Only a few experimental reactors went online before 1960 , and an experimental nuclear power station in Kahl am Main opened in 1960 . All of the German nuclear power plants that opened between 1960 and 1970 had a power output of less than 1,000 MW and have now all closed down . The first commercial nuclear power plant started operating in 1969 . Obrigheim , the first grid station , operated until 2005 . ( Neckarwestheim . ) A closed nuclear fuel cycle was planned , starting with mining operations in the Saarland and the Schwarzwald ; uranium ore concentration , fuel rod filling production in Hanau ; and reprocessing of the spent fuel in the never - built nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Wackersdorf . The radioactive waste was intended to be stored in a deep geological repository , as part of the Gorleben long - term storage project . </P>
<P> As in many industrialised countries , nuclear power in Germany was first developed in the late 1950s . Only a few experimental reactors went online before 1960 , and an experimental nuclear power station in Kahl am Main opened in 1960 . All of the German nuclear power plants that opened between 1960 and 1970 had a power output of less than 1,000 MW and have now all closed down . The first commercial nuclear power plant started operating in 1969 . Obrigheim , the first grid station , operated until 2005 . ( Neckarwestheim . ) A closed nuclear fuel cycle was planned , starting with mining operations in the Saarland and the Schwarzwald ; uranium ore concentration , fuel rod filling production in Hanau ; and reprocessing of the spent fuel in the never - built nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Wackersdorf . The radioactive waste was intended to be stored in a deep geological repository , as part of the Gorleben long - term storage project . </P>
when did germany build its first nuclear power plant
when did germany build its first nuclear power plant
in the late 1950s
in the late 1950s