Nogent Nuclear Power Plant

The Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is located in the French commune of Nogent-sur-Seine, on the right bank of the Seine, in the west of the Aube department. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the west of Troyes and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Paris.

Nogent Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear Power Plant Nogent
Official name	Centrale Nucléaire de Nogent
Country	France
Location	Nogent-sur-Seine
Coordinates	48°30′55″N 03°31′04″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1981
Commission date	21 October 1987; 37 years ago (21 October 1987)
Operator	EDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Framatome
Cooling towers	2 × Natural Draft
Cooling source	Seine River
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 1363 MW
Make and model	Alstom
Nameplate capacity	2726 MW
Capacity factor	81.0%
Annual net output	19,331 GW·h
External links
Website	www.edf.com
Commons	Related media on Commons

Aerial view

The plant as seen from an airliner en route to Paris

The plant houses two reactors each of 1300 MWe and the site has a total area of 100 hectares. Each reactor has its own cooling tower 165 metres (541 ft) high.

It produces about a third of the yearly electricity consumption of Île-de-France and employs around 700 regular workers.

Events

• A fire drill on 2 October 2001 by the Nuclear Safety Authority of France confirmed that it took about 50 minutes between the time of the drill the time the second team responded.
• On 30 September 2005, water was accidentally sprayed on electrical cabinets; the reactor was automatically stopped. Nobody was injured and there were no radiation releases. It was classified as level 1 on the INES scale.^[1]

On 5 December 2011, nine Greenpeace anti-nuclear activists cut through a fence at the Nogent Nuclear Power Plant. They scaled the roof of the domed reactor building and unfurled a "Safe Nuclear Doesn't Exist" banner before attracting the attention of security guards. Two activists remained at large for four hours.^[2]