Lingen nuclear power plant
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The Lingen nuclear power plant is a former German nuclear power station located near the town of Lingen in Lower Saxony, which operated from the late 1960s until its shutdown in the 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lingen nuclear power plant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9083411 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lingen nuclear power plant Context triple: [Lingen, hasPowerPlant, Lingen nuclear power plant]
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A.
Ascó Nuclear Power Plant
Ascó Nuclear Power Plant is a major Spanish nuclear power facility located in Catalonia that generates electricity using pressurized water reactors.
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B.
Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant
Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant is a small, remote nuclear power station in Russia’s Chukotka region, notable for supplying electricity and district heating to the Arctic town of Bilibino.
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C.
Kalinin nuclear power plant
The Kalinin nuclear power plant is a major Russian nuclear power facility that supplies electricity to the central regions of the country.
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D.
Turów Power Station
Turów Power Station is a large lignite-fired power plant in southwestern Poland, notable as one of the country’s major electricity producers and a significant source of regional environmental controversy.
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E.
Utanen power plant
Utanen power plant is a hydroelectric power station located on the Oulujoki River in Finland, contributing to the region’s renewable energy production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lingen nuclear power plant Target entity description: The Lingen nuclear power plant is a former German nuclear power station located near the town of Lingen in Lower Saxony, which operated from the late 1960s until its shutdown in the 1970s.
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A.
Ascó Nuclear Power Plant
Ascó Nuclear Power Plant is a major Spanish nuclear power facility located in Catalonia that generates electricity using pressurized water reactors.
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B.
Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant
Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant is a small, remote nuclear power station in Russia’s Chukotka region, notable for supplying electricity and district heating to the Arctic town of Bilibino.
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C.
Kalinin nuclear power plant
The Kalinin nuclear power plant is a major Russian nuclear power facility that supplies electricity to the central regions of the country.
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D.
Turów Power Station
Turów Power Station is a large lignite-fired power plant in southwestern Poland, notable as one of the country’s major electricity producers and a significant source of regional environmental controversy.
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E.
Utanen power plant
Utanen power plant is a hydroelectric power station located on the Oulujoki River in Finland, contributing to the region’s renewable energy production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former nuclear power plant
ⓘ
nuclear power plant ⓘ |
| commercialOperationStartDate | 1969-04-01 ⓘ |
| commissioningDate | 1968-07-01 ⓘ |
| connectedToGrid | 1968 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1964-10-01 ⓘ |
| coolingSource | Ems River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinates | 52.517°N 7.317°E ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decommissioningStartYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| electricalCapacity_MWe_gross | 268 ⓘ |
| electricalCapacity_MWe_net | 240 ⓘ |
| firstGridConnectionDate | 1968-04-01 ⓘ |
| fuelType | low-enriched uranium ⓘ |
| gridConnectionStatus | disconnected ⓘ |
| gridConnectionVoltageLevel | high-voltage transmission grid ⓘ |
| gridOperatorDuringOperation | VEW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoolingTowers | yes ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility | Emsland nuclear power plant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | no active official website (plant shut down) ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalArea | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Federal Republic of Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Saxony ⓘ West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lingen (Ems) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearCity | Lingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| netGeneration_TWh | about 8.4 ⓘ |
| numberOfReactors | 1 ⓘ |
| operatingPeriodEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| operatingPeriodStart | late 1960s ⓘ |
| operator | VEW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | German nuclear power programme ⓘ |
| permanentShutdownYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| primaryCoolingSystem | light water ⓘ |
| reactorModel | BWR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reactorSupplier | AEG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reactorType | boiling water reactor ⓘ |
| reasonForShutdown | economic reasons ⓘ |
| region | Emsland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthorityDuringOperation | Lower Saxony nuclear regulatory authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetyContainmentType | pressure suppression containment ⓘ |
| shutdownDate | 1977-01-05 ⓘ |
| status |
in decommissioning
ⓘ
permanently shut down ⓘ |
| thermalCapacity_MWt | 772 ⓘ |
| usedFor | electricity generation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lingen nuclear power plant Description of subject: The Lingen nuclear power plant is a former German nuclear power station located near the town of Lingen in Lower Saxony, which operated from the late 1960s until its shutdown in the 1970s.
Referenced by (1)
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