Reactor: PWR
Location: Däniken municipality (canton of Solothurn, Switzerland) on a loop of the Aar river
1970 Formal request was submitted to the federal authorities
1971 Federal Council forbade the use of river water for direct cooling of new plants. Since the KKG should also have been cooled by the Aar, the project had to be adapted by adding the cooling
1972 After the introduction of a cooling tower, authorities issued the location authorization
1973 Construction began on Unit 1 after a series of local permits had been granted
1979 Unit 1 commissioned was commercial use
1980 Continual strong opposition to the KKG induced the federal authorities to call a hearing about the plant safety, they concluded that the plant satisfied all legal requirements and could continue operation
1981 The last formal oppositions were rejected by the Federal Council, putting an end to a decade of intense confrontation
