Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant

The plant was purchased by Austrian energy company EVN Group in 2005; it is used as a security training centre and leased for filming, photography, and other events. In 2025, it will be used as the training ground for ENRICH European Robotics Hackathon. In association with the Technical University Vienna, a research center (the Photovoltaik-Forschungszentrum Zwentendorf) was founded at the site. The research center is equipped with a 190 kW photovoltaic system consisting of two modules with solar tracking assemblies. The plant is used for operator training by Kraftwerksschule e.V. The current operator of the plant also allows visits to the complex. ==Cultural uses==

The Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant has been leased out over the years as a film location for films including Grand Central, Tag der Wahrheit, Restrisiko, and Hacking at Leaves. In 2013, Swedish jazz improviser and composer Martin Küchen experimented with the station's reverberation while playing the saxophone. From 2012 to 2014, the site was the venue of the Tomorrow Festival at the end of May and beginning of June. In 2017, the first Shutdown Festival, an outdoor hardstyle and hardcore music festival, was held around the power plant. In 2019, the third edition took place with 15,000 visitors. After a COVID-19-related pause, about 13,000 people attended the fourth edition on 7 August 2021. The 2022 event was sold out with 15,000 visitors. ==Gallery==

Save The World Awards 2009 show15 - Zwentendorf.jpg|The Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant during the Save the World Awards in 2009 AKW_Zwentendorf_inside_1.jpg|Control rod mechanism on the bottom of the reactor pressure vessel of the Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant AKW_Zwentendorf_inside_2.jpg|View into the reactor pressure vessel AKW_Zwentendorf_inside_3.jpg|Low pressure turbines AKW_Zwentendorf_inside_4.jpg|Control panel in the control room of the plant Behind-the-scenes image from the 'Hacking at Leaves' film shoot featuring Johannes Grenzfurthner at the chimney of Zwentendorf nuclear power station in 2020.jpg|Door to chimney of the power station (behind-the-scenes image from the 'Hacking at Leaves' film shoot, 2020) Zwentendorf pv display.jpg|Real-time display of the power generated by the photovoltaic plant at Zwentendorf ==See also==