Chinon nuclear power plant
Chinon nuclear power plant | ||
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Chinon nuclear power plant | ||
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Coordinates | 47 ° 13 '50 " N , 0 ° 10' 14" E | |
Country: | France | |
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Owner: | EDF | |
Operator: | EDF | |
Project start: | 1957 | |
Commercial operation: | Feb. 1, 1964 | |
Active reactors (gross): |
4 (3,816 MW) | |
Decommissioned reactors (gross): |
3 (790 MW) | |
Energy fed in in 2010: | 20,692.32 GWh | |
Energy fed in since commissioning: | 642,760.07 GWh | |
Website: | Side of the operator | |
Was standing: | June 3, 2011 | |
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . |
The Chinon nuclear power plant is located near the town of Chinon in the French department of Indre-et-Loire on the Loire River . The nuclear power plant comprises a total of seven reactor blocks , the first three of which have already been decommissioned.
The nuclear power plant employs around 1,350 people. The operator is the French company Électricité de France (EDF).
history
Construction of the first reactor block, which went into operation on June 14, 1963, began on February 1, 1957. In 1965 and 1966, two more reactor units went into operation. These three reactor blocks were shut down in 1973, 1985 and 1990. In the years 1982 to 1987, four further reactor units went into operation.
The quinone A1 reactor, which was shut down in 1973, was partially dismantled by 1984; the metallic spherical reactor building "La Boule" has housed a museum since 1986.
power
The first three reactor blocks, quinone A1 to A3, are gas-cooled UNGG reactors . The four reactors that are still in operation, quinone B1 to B4 are, pressurized water reactors with a net power of each of 905 megawatts (MW) and a gross power output of 954 MW. The cooling of the reactor blocks is carried out with four cooling towers , which had to be built low so as not to obstruct the view of the castles on the Loire .
The four reactors in operation have a total installed gross capacity of 3,816 MW , making the nuclear power plant one of the larger in France. Every year it feeds an average of 24 billion kilowatt hours into the public power grid and thus covers around six percent of French electricity consumption.
Data of the reactor blocks
The Chinon nuclear power plant has a total of seven blocks :
Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercialization of essential operation |
switching off processing |
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Quinone A1 | UNGG reactor | 70 MW | 80 MW | 02/01/1957 | 06/14/1963 | 02/01/1964 | 04/16/1973 |
Quinone A2 | UNGG reactor | 180 MW | 230 MW | 08/01/1959 | 02/24/1965 | 02/24/1965 | 06/14/1985 |
Quinone A3 | UNGG reactor | 360 MW | 480 MW | 03/01/1961 | 08/04/1966 | 08/04/1966 | 06/15/1990 |
Quinone B1 | Pressurized water reactor | 905 MW | 954 MW | 03/01/1977 | 11/30/1982 | 02/01/1984 | (Planned for 2024) |
Quinone B2 | Pressurized water reactor | 905 MW | 954 MW | 03/01/1977 | 11/29/1983 | 08/01/1984 | (Planned for 2024) |
Quinone B3 | Pressurized water reactor | 905 MW | 954 MW | 10/01/1980 | 10/20/1986 | 03/04/1987 | (Planned for 2027) |
Quinone B4 | Pressurized water reactor | 905 MW | 954 MW | 02/01/1981 | 11/14/1987 | 04/01/1988 | (Planned for 2028) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "France (French Republic): Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)
- ↑ EDF: Centrale de Chinon A.
- ^ Nuclear Museum of Chinon
See also
- List of nuclear power plants
- List of the most powerful nuclear reactors
- List of nuclear facilities in France