Chinon Nuclear Power Plant

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Active reactors ( gross ):

Decommissioned Reactors ( gross ):

The nuclear power plant is located near the town of Chinon Chinon in the French department Indre -et -Loire in the Loire River. The nuclear power plant reactor comprises seven blocks, the first three have already shut down.

The plant employs about 1,350 people. Operator is the French company Electricité de France (EDF).

History

The construction of the first reactor block, which went into operation on 14 June 1963 was started on 1 February 1957. In the years 1965 and 1966 two more reactors went into operation. These three reactors were shut down in 1973, 1985 and 1990. In the years from 1982 to 1987 four more reactors went into operation.

Performance

In the first three reactor units, Chinon A1 to A3, is gas-cooled reactors UNGG. The four reactors are still in operation, Chinon B1 to B4 are pressurized water reactors with a net power output of 905 megawatts ( MW) and a gross capacity of 954 MW. The cooling of the reactor units is carried out by four cooling towers, which had to be built low so as not to obstruct the view of the castles of the Loire.

The four operating reactors have a total gross installed capacity of 3,816 MW, making it one nuclear power plant to the larger in France. Every year, it feeds an average of 24 billion kilowatt hours into the public power grid, covering about six per cent of French electricity consumption.

Data of the reactor units

The nuclear power plant Chinon has a total of seven blocks:

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