Chinon Nuclear Power Plant

The Chinon Nuclear Power Plant (French: Centrale nucléaire de Chinon) is near the town of Avoine in the Indre et Loire département, on the river Loire (approximately 10 km from the town of Chinon) in central France. The power station has seven reactors, of which three have been closed.

Chinon Nuclear Power Plant
Official nameCentrale Nucléaire de Chinon
CountryFrance
LocationAvoine, Indre-et-Loire
Coordinates47.2325°N 0.1703°E / 47.2325; 0.1703
StatusOperational
Construction began1957
Commission date1 February 1964 (1 February 1964)
Operator(s)EDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierFramatome
Cooling towers4 × Mechanical Draft
Power generation
Units operational4 × 954 MW
Make and modelAlstom
Units decommissioned1 × 80 MW
1 × 230 MW
1 × 480 MW
Nameplate capacity3,816 MW
Capacity factor71.6%
Annual net output23,925 GW·h
External links
WebsiteCentrale nucléaire de Chinon
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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