List of nuclear facilities in France
In France , between 1956 and 2002, over 70 nuclear plants were commissioned. The first research reactor for energy production was built by the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA) in Marcoule , the last, the Creys-Malville reactor in Creys-Mépieu in the Isère department , which was also used commercially. 57 commercially used reactors are still in operation.
“Dodgy steam generators” were installed in 19 of 57 commercial reactors. These are indicated by a tilde (~) below .
List of nuclear power plants
Plants highlighted in red have been shut down
Nuclear reactor (operator) | Location (department) | Reactor type | Net power in MW |
construction commencing |
Network-
synchronization |
Commercial
cial operation |
Breastfeeding interpretation (planned) |
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G1 ( EDF / CEA² ) | Marcoule ( Gard ) | UNGG reactor | 7th | 1955 | 1956 | - | 1968 |
G2 ( EDF / CEA² ) | Marcoule ( Gard ) | UNGG reactor | 38 | 1955 | 1959 | 1959 | 1980 |
G3 ( EDF / CEA² ) | Marcoule ( Gard ) | UNGG reactor | 38 | 1955 | 1960 | 1981 | 1984 |
Quinone A1 / EDF1 | Chinon ( Indre-et-Loire ) | UNGG reactor | 70 | 1956 | 1957 | 1963 | 1973 |
Quinone A2 / EDF2 | Chinon ( Indre-et-Loire ) | UNGG reactor | 210 | 1957 | 1959 | 1965 | 1985 |
Quinone A3 / EDF3 | Chinon ( Indre-et-Loire ) | UNGG reactor | 480 | 1959 | 1961 | 1966 | 1990 |
Chooz A | Chooz ( Ardennes ) | Pressurized water reactor (underground) | 310 | 1960 | 1962 | 1967 | 1991 |
Brennilis / EL-4 ( EDF / CEA² ) | Brennilis EL4 ( Finistère ) | HWGCR reactor | 70 | 1961 | 1962 | 1967 | 1985 |
Phénix ( EDF / CEA² ) | Marcoule ( Gard ) | Breeder | 233 | 1961 | 1968 | 1973 | 2010 |
Saint-Laurent A1 / EDF4 | Saint-Laurent ( Loir-et-Cher ) | UNGG reactor | 480 | 1963 | 1963 | 1969 | 1990 |
Bugey 1 | Bugey ( ain ) | UNGG reactor | 540 | 1965 | 1965 | 1972 | 1994 |
Saint-Laurent A2 / EDF5 | Saint-Laurent ( Loir-et-Cher ) | UNGG reactor | 515 | 1966 | 1966 | 1971 | 1992 |
Fessenheim 1 | Fessenheim ( Haut-Rhin ) | Pressurized water reactor | 880 | 1967 | 1971 | 1977 | February 22, 2020 |
Fessenheim 2 | Fessenheim ( Haut-Rhin ) | Pressurized water reactor | 880 | 1967 | 1972 | 1977 | June 29, 2020 |
Bugey 2 | Bugey ( ain ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1972 | 1978 | 1979 | (2029) |
Bugey 3 | Bugey ( ain ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1973 | 1978 | 1979 | (2029) |
Bugey 4 ~ | Bugey ( ain ) | Pressurized water reactor | 880 | 1974 | 1979 | 1979 | (2029) |
Bugey 5 | Bugey ( ain ) | Pressurized water reactor | 880 | 1974 | 1979 | 1980 | (2030) |
Tricastin 1 ~ | Tricastin ( Drôme ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1974 | 1980 | 1980 | |
Tricastin 2 ~ | Tricastin ( Drôme ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1974 | 1980 | 1980 | |
Dampierre 1 ~ | Dampierre ( Loiret ) | Pressurized water reactor | 890 | 1975 | 1980 | 1980 | (2020) |
Dampierre 2 ~ | Dampierre ( Loiret ) | Pressurized water reactor | 890 | 1975 | 1980 | 1981 | (2021) |
Gravelines 1 | Gravelines ( North ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1975 | 1980 | 1980 | (2020) |
Gravelines 2 ~ | Gravelines ( North ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1975 | 1980 | 1980 | (2020) |
Gravelines 3 | Gravelines ( North ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1975 | 1980 | 1981 | (2021) |
Dampierre 3 ~ | Dampierre ( Loiret ) | Pressurized water reactor | 890 | 1975 | 1981 | 1981 | (2021) |
Dampierre 4 ~ | Dampierre ( Loiret ) | Pressurized water reactor | 890 | 1975 | 1981 | 1981 | (2021) |
Tricastin 3 ~ | Tricastin ( Drôme ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1975 | 1981 | 1981 | |
Tricastin 4 ~ | Tricastin ( Drôme ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1975 | 1981 | 1981 | |
Gravelines 4 ~ | Gravelines ( North ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1976 | 1981 | 1981 | (2021) |
Saint-Laurent B1 ~ | Saint-Laurent ( Loir-et-Cher ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1976 | 1981 | 1983 | (2023) |
Saint-Laurent B2 ~ | Saint-Laurent ( Loir-et-Cher ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1976 | 1981 | 1983 | (2023) |
Blayais 1 ~ | Blayais ( Gironde ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1977 | 1981 | 1981 | (2021) |
Blayais 2 | Blayais ( Gironde ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1977 | 1982 | 1983 | (2023) |
Quinone B1 ~ | Chinon ( Indre-et-Loire ) | Pressurized water reactor | 905 | 1977 | 1982 | 1984 | (2024) |
Quinone B2 ~ | Chinon ( Indre-et-Loire ) | Pressurized water reactor | 905 | 1977 | 1983 | 1984 | (2024) |
Paluel 1 | Paluel ( Seine-Maritime ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1330 | 1977 | 1984 | 1985 | (2025) |
Blayais 3 | Blayais ( Gironde ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1978 | 1983 | 1983 | (2023) |
Blayais 4 | Blayais ( Gironde ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1978 | 1983 | 1983 | (2023) |
Cruas 1 | Cruas ( Ardeche ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1978 | 1983 | 1984 | (2024) |
Cruas 2 | Cruas ( Ardeche ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1978 | 1984 | 1985 | (2025) |
Paluel 2 | Paluel ( Seine-Maritime ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1330 | 1978 | 1984 | 1985 | (2025) |
Cruas 3 | Cruas ( Ardeche ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1979 | 1984 | 1984 | (2024) |
Cruas 4 | Cruas ( Ardeche ) | Pressurized water reactor | 915 | 1979 | 1984 | 1985 | (2025) |
Gravelines 5 | Gravelines ( North ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1979 | 1984 | 1985 | (2025) |
Flamanville 1 | Flamanville ( Manche ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1330 | 1979 | 1985 | 1986 | |
Gravelines 6 | Gravelines ( North ) | Pressurized water reactor | 910 | 1979 | 1985 | 1985 | (2025) |
Paluel 3 | Paluel ( Seine-Maritime ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1330 | 1979 | 1985 | 1986 | (2026) |
Saint-Alban 1 | Saint-Alban ( Isère ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1335 | 1979 | 1985 | 1986 | |
Cattenom 1 | Cattenom ( Moselle ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1300 | 1979 | 1986 | 1987 | |
Saint-Alban 2 | Saint-Alban ( Isère ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1335 | 1979 | 1986 | 1987 | |
Quinone B3 | Chinon ( Indre-et-Loire ) | Pressurized water reactor | 905 | 1980 | 1986 | 1987 | (2027) |
Flamanville 2 | Flamanville ( Manche ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1330 | 1980 | 1986 | 1987 | |
Paluel 4 | Paluel ( Seine-Maritime ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1330 | 1980 | 1986 | 1986 | (2026) |
Belleville 1 | Belleville ( Cher ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1310 | 1980 | 1987 | 1988 | (2028) |
Cattenom 2 | Cattenom ( Moselle ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1300 | 1980 | 1987 | 1988 | |
Superphénix | Creys-Malville ( Isère ) | Breeder | 1200 | 1972 | 1976 | 1985 | 1997 |
Belleville 2 | Belleville ( Cher ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1310 | 1980 | 1988 | 1989 | (2029) |
Quinone B4 | Chinon ( Indre-et-Loire ) | Pressurized water reactor | 905 | 1981 | 1987 | 1988 | (2028) |
Nogent 1 | Nogent ( Aube ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1310 | 1981 | 1987 | 1988 | |
Nogent 2 | Nogent ( Aube ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1310 | 1982 | 1988 | 1989 | |
Cattenom 3 | Cattenom ( Moselle ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1300 | 1982 | 1990 | 1991 | |
Golfech 1 | Golfech ( Tarn-et-Garonne ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1310 | 1982 | 1990 | 1991 | |
Penly 1 | Penly ( Seine-Maritime ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1330 | 1982 | 1990 | 1990 | |
Cattenom 4 | Cattenom ( Moselle ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1300 | 1983 | 1991 | 1992 | |
Penly 2 | Penly ( Seine-Maritime ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1330 | 1984 | 1992 | 1992 | |
Golfech 2 | Golfech ( Tarn-et-Garonne ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1310 | 1984 | 1993 | 1994 | |
Chooz B1 | Chooz ( Ardennes ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1500 | 1984 | 1996 | 2000 | |
Chooz B2 | Chooz ( Ardennes ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1500 | 1985 | 1997 | 2000 | |
Civaux 1 ~ | Civaux ( Vienne ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1495 | 1988 | 1997 | 2002 | (2037) |
Civaux 2 ~ | Civaux ( Vienne ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1495 | 1991 | 1999 | 2002 | (2039) |
Flamanville 3 ~ | Flamanville ( Manche ) | Pressurized water reactor | 1600 | 2004 | (2022) |
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated: Électricité de France SA (EDF)
Other nuclear facilities
- Center de la Manche repository
- Center de l'Aube repository
- La Hague reprocessing plant
- Marcoule Nuclear Plant
- Cadarache nuclear research center
- Institut Laue-Langevin (Nuclear Research Center)
- Uranium processing and conversion into tricastin
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See also
- List of nuclear power plants
- List of nuclear power plants
- List of accidents in nuclear facilities ( INES levels 4 to 7)
- List of accidents in European nuclear facilities (INES levels 2 to 3)
Web links
Commons : Nuclear plants in France - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Is France threatened with a nuclear blackout? dated July 21, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2020
- ↑ Reactor Details Monts d'Arree EL4. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Nuklearforum.ch:EDF submits decommissioning application for Fessenheim dated October 7, 2019, accessed on October 11, 2019
- ^ First Fessenheim reactor successfully shut down on February 22, 2020, accessed on February 22, 2020
- ↑ Nuklearforum.ch:EDF submits decommissioning application for Fessenheim dated October 7, 2019, accessed on October 11, 2019
- ^ French nuclear power plant in Fessenheim finally shut down on June 30, 2020, accessed on June 30, 2020
- ↑ French model nuclear reactor becomes a billion- dollar grave , accessed on June 27, 2019