Paluel nuclear power plant

Paluel nuclear power plant
The site of the nuclear power plant
location
Coordinates	49 ° 51 '29 "  N , 0 ° 38' 8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '29 "  N , 0 ° 38' 8"  E
Country:	France
Data
Owner:	EDF
Operator:	EDF
Project start:	1977
Commercial operation:	June 22, 1984
Active reactors (gross):	4 (5,528 MW)
Energy fed in in 2006:	34,402 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning:	689,640 GWh
Website:	Side of the operator
Was standing:	July 22, 2007
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The nuclear power plant Paluel is located near the French community Paluel in the region Normandie in the Seine-Maritime . The nuclear power plant , which consists of four pressurized water reactors , is located about 40 kilometers from the city of Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) and six kilometers southwest of Saint-Valery-en-Caux , on the coast of the English Channel and employs around 1,250 people. The operator is the French company EDF . Water from the English Channel is used for cooling.

history

Construction of the first reactor block began on August 15, 1977, and went into operation on June 22, 1984. Between the years 1978 and 1980 the construction of three further reactor blocks began, which were then put into operation on September 4, 1984, September 30, 1985 and April 11, 1986.

power

The four pressurized water reactors each have a net output of 1,330  megawatts (MW) and a gross output of 1,382 MW. The total installed capacity is 5,528 MW, making the reactor unit one of the most powerful nuclear power plants in France (second place) and fifth place worldwide. It feeds an average of 32 billion kilowatt hours into the public power grid every year .

Incidents

In the past, seasonal algae formation in the English Channel blocked the water supply and there were several problems with the cooling of the system and thus the system's automatic shutdown. These extensive emergency shutdowns led to repair work on the components of the inlet and had an impact on the emergency cooling systems. In September 2009 a fire broke out on a generator in the non-nuclear part of the facility, which is why a reactor had to be shut down. On July 2, 2015, a fire broke out in a condenser, which was extinguished within 6 hours.

During the third ten-year maintenance on the second reactor block, an accident occurred on March 31, 2016. When replacing a 22 m high and 465 t heavy steam generator , it fell during transport on the concrete floor of the reactor building and damaged it. One person was injured. The restart was significantly delayed by the incident and did not take place until July 24, 2018.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Paluel nuclear power plant has a total of four blocks :

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	switching off processing
Paluel 1	Pressurized water reactor	1,330 MW	1,382 MW	08/15/1977	06/22/1984	December 01, 1985	(Planned for 2025)
Paluel 2	Pressurized water reactor	1,330 MW	1,382 MW	01/01/1978	09/04/1984	December 01, 1985	(Planned for 2025)
Paluel 3	Pressurized water reactor	1,330 MW	1,382 MW	02/01/1979	09/30/1985	02/01/1986	(Planned for 2026)
Paluel 4	Pressurized water reactor	1,330 MW	1,382 MW	02/01/1980	04/11/1986	06/01/1986	(Planned for 2026)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "France (French Republic): Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)
2. ↑ http://www.kreiszeitung.de/nachrichten/welt/franzoesischer-atomreaktor-nach-feuer-abständig-477010.html
3. ↑ https://www.edf.fr/groupe-edf/producteur-industriel/carte-des-implantations/centrale-nucleaire-de-paluel/actualites
4. ^ Veronique Le Billon: Nucléaire: nouvelle avarie pour EDF à la centrale de Paluel. In: Les Echos.fr. March 31, 2016, accessed April 2, 2016 (French). 
5. ↑ Chute d'un générateur de vapeur dans le bâtiment du réacteur 2 de la centrale de Paluel (76): l'ASN a diligenté une inspection immédiate. Autorité de sûreté nucléaire, April 1, 2016, accessed April 2, 2016 (French). 
6. ^ Normandy. Le réacteur nucléaire Paluel 2 a redémarré après 3 ans d'arrêt. In: Ouest France. July 24, 2018, accessed February 24, 2019 . 

See also

• List of nuclear power plants
• List of nuclear facilities in France
• List of nuclear reactors with the highest annual production

Web links

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