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Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
Austria's very first and only nuclear power station was completed but never used.
The facility was even outfitted with the dangerous radioactive nuclear rods, all it needed was the go-ahead to turn the lights on. The Zwentendorf facility was just the first of a number of planned nuclear plants in the country, but anti-nuclear sentiment exploded during its construction. In a referendum passed in 1978, the Austrian people voted by a margin just over 50% to ban all nuclear power plants.
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