Chooz Nuclear Power Plant

Chooz Nuclear Power Plant
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Official nameCentrale Nucléaire de Chooz
CountryFrance
LocationChooz, Ardennes
Coordinates50°5′24″N 4°47′22″E / 50.09000°N 4.78944°E / 50.09000; 4.78944
StatusOperational
Construction began1960
Commission date15 April 1967 (15 April 1967)
Decommission date1991 (Chooz A)
OperatorEDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierFramatome
Cooling towers2 × Natural Draft
Cooling sourceMeuse River
Power generation
Units operational2 × 1560 MW
Make and modelAlstom
Units decommissioned1 × 320 MW
Nameplate capacity3120 MW
Capacity factor70.6%
Annual net output19,306 GW·h
External links
Websitewww.edf.fr/120786i/Accueil-fr/EDF-Nos-Energies/-nucleaire/les-centrales-nucleaires/Chooz/presentation.html
CommonsRelated media on Commons

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.

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.[1]

The Chooz reactors were a source of neutrinos for the Chooz neutrino oscillation experiment; a new experiment, Double Chooz, was also operating nearby.

  1. ^ "La centrale nucléaire de Chooz". Centrale nucléaire de Chooz | EDF France (in French). EDF. Retrieved August 3, 2022. 1 187 intervenants assurent au quotidien la production d'électricité.