Chooz Nuclear Power Plant
The Chooz Nuclear Power Station (French: Centrale nucléaire de Chooz) lies in the municipality of Chooz in the Ardennes department, France, on the Meuse River in a panhandle protruding into Belgium, between the French city of Charleville-Mézières and the Belgian municipality of Dinant, near the comune of Givet.
| Chooz Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Centrale Nucléaire de Chooz |
| Country | France |
| Location | Chooz, Ardennes |
| Coordinates | 50°5′24″N 4°47′22″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1960 |
| Commission date | 15 April 1967 |
| Decommission date | 1991 (Chooz A) |
| Operator(s) | EDF |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Framatome |
| Cooling towers | 2 × Natural Draft |
| Cooling source | Meuse River |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 1560 MW |
| Make and model | Alstom |
| Units decommissioned | 1 × 320 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 3120 MW |
| Capacity factor | 70.6% |
| Annual net output | 19,306 GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Three nuclear reactors have been built on the site, Chooz A, Chooz B1 and Chooz B2. Chooz A was permanently shutdown in 1991 and is still undergoing the decommissioning process since 2007.
As of 2022, the plant employed around 1200 operators.
The Chooz reactors were a source of neutrinos for the Chooz neutrino oscillation experiment; a new experiment, Double Chooz, was also operating nearby.
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