Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant
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The Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant (French: Centrale Nucléaire du Tricastin) is a nuclear power plant consisting of 4 pressurized water reactors (PWRs) of CP1 type[1] with 915 MW electrical power output each. The power plant is located in the south of France (Drôme and Vaucluse Department) at the Canal de Donzère-Mondragon near the Donzère-Mondragon Dam and the commune Pierrelatte.
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Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Official name | Centrale nucléaire du Tricastin |
Country | France |
Location | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Pierrelatte, Bollène, and Lapalud |
Coordinates | 44°19′47″N 4°43′56″E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | Unit 1: 1 November 1974 Unit 2: 1 December 1974 Unit 3: 1 April 1975 Unit 4: 1 May 1975 |
Commission date | Units 1–2: 1 December 1980 Unit 3: 11 May 1981 Unit 4: 1 November 1981 |
Owner(s) | EDF |
Operator(s) | EDF |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Framatome |
Cooling source | Donzère-Mondragon canal (fr:Canal de Donzère-Mondragon) |
Thermal capacity | 4 × 2785 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 × 915 MW |
Make and model | CP1 |
Nameplate capacity | 3660 MW |
Capacity factor | 60.65% (2017) 73.40% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 19,444 GWh (2017) |
External links | |
Website | Centrale nucléaire du Tricastin |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
The power plant is part of the widespread Tricastin Nuclear Site (see below), which was named after the historic Tricastin region. Three out of the four reactors on the site had been used until 2012 to power the Eurodif Uranium enrichment plant, which had been located on the site.