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| Chinon Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Official name | Centrale Nucléaire de Chinon |
| Country | France |
| Location | Avoine, Indre-et-Loire |
| Coordinates | 47°13′57″N 0°10′13″E / 47.2325°N 0.1703°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1957 |
| Commission date | 1 February 1964 |
| Operator | EDF |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Framatome |
| Cooling towers | 4 × Mechanical Draft |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 4 × 954 MW |
| Make and model | Alstom |
| Units decommissioned | 1 × 80 MW 1 × 230 MW 1 × 480 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 3,816 MW |
| Capacity factor | 71.6% |
| Annual net output | 23,925 GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | Centrale nucléaire de Chinon |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
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[1] (approximately 10 km from the town of Chinon) in central France. The power station has seven reactors, of which three have been closed.
- ^ French Technical Bulletin. Economic Section of the French Embassy in the U.S.A. 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 28 February 2024.