The nuclear power station Mülheim Kärlich lies on the Rhine about 10 km northwest from Koblenz close to the town Mülheim-Kärlich. The operating company was Société Luxembourgeoise de Centrales Nucléaires a daughter company of RWE. It was the only nuclear power plant in the Rhineland-Palatinate after it was finished in 1986 however due to problems with the building permit it only operated for 3 years and was taken offline in 1988.