"Kreisky yes; nuclear power no"

A brand-new nuclear power plant at Zwentendorf, Austria is standing idle as a consequence of a nationwide referendum held on November 5, 1978. By a vote of 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent, Austria´s electorate decided not to activate Austria´s first commerical nuclear reactor. The 692-megawatt boiling water reactor was designed and built by Kraftwerk Union and AEG-Telefunken of West Germany at a cost of $530 million. Construction started in 1972 and was completed in 1977. The reactor is located on the Danube about 20 miles northwest of Vienna.