Chinon Nuclear Power Plant
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The Chinon Nuclear Power Plant (French: Centrale nucléaire de Chinon) is near the town of Avoine in the Indre et Loire département, on the river Loire[1] (approximately 10 km from the town of Chinon) in central France. The power station has seven reactors, of which three have been closed.
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Chinon Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Official name | Centrale Nucléaire de Chinon |
Country | France |
Location | Avoine, Indre-et-Loire |
Coordinates | 47.2325°N 0.1703°E / 47.2325; 0.1703 |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1957 |
Commission date | 1 February 1964; 60 years ago (1 February 1964) |
Operator(s) | EDF |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Framatome |
Cooling towers | 4 × Mechanical Draft |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 × 954 MW |
Make and model | Alstom |
Units decommissioned | 1 × 80 MW 1 × 230 MW 1 × 480 MW |
Nameplate capacity | 3,816 MW |
Capacity factor | 71.6% |
Annual net output | 23,925 GW·h |
External links | |
Website | Centrale nucléaire de Chinon |
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