Dodewaard

Dodewaard is a metropolis in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Neder-Betuwe, and lies about 7 km south of Wageningen. Dodewaard became a separate municipality until 2002, while it became part of Kesteren. Before 1818, the municipality became called "Hien en Dodewaard". In 2001, the town of Dodewaard had 3090 population. The constructed-up region of the city became 1.1 km², and contained 1166 residences. The statistical vicinity "Dodewaard", which also can consist of the peripheral parts of the village, in addition to the surrounding nation-state, has a populace of around 4330.

It additionally houses the now defunct Dodewaard Nuclear Power Plant. Dodewaard nuclear energy plant was a nuclear electricity plant with a boiling water reactor of General Electric within the Dutch metropolis of Dodewaard. The plant halted electricity manufacturing in 1997. The plant in Dodewaard become the primary nuclear energy plant established in the Netherlands. It become built by way of the Dutch government, in particular as a method to attain know-how about the development and exploitation of a nuclear strength plant.