Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

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Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant
The containment structures of the Tricastin NPC
Official name	Centrale nucléaire du Tricastin
Country	France
Location	Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Pierrelatte, Bollène, and Lapalud
Coordinates	44°19′47″N 4°43′56″E / 44.32972°N 4.73222°E / 44.32972; 4.73222
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: 1 November 1974 Unit 2: 1 December 1974 Unit 3: 1 April 1975 Unit 4: 1 May 1975
Commission date	Units 1–2: 1 December 1980 Unit 3: 11 May 1981 Unit 4: 1 November 1981
Owner	EDF
Operator	EDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Framatome
Cooling source	Donzère-Mondragon canal (fr:Canal de Donzère-Mondragon)
Thermal capacity	4 × 2785 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	4 × 915 MW
Make and model	CP1
Nameplate capacity	3660 MW
Capacity factor	60.65% (2017) 73.40% (lifetime)
Annual net output	19,444 GWh (2017)
External links
Website	Centrale nucléaire du Tricastin
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant (French: Centrale Nucléaire du Tricastin) is a nuclear power plant consisting of 4 pressurized water reactors (PWRs) of CP1 type^[1] with 915 MW electrical power output each. The power plant is located in the south of France (Drôme and Vaucluse Department) at the Canal de Donzère-Mondragon near the Donzère-Mondragon Dam and the commune Pierrelatte.

The power plant is part of the widespread Tricastin Nuclear Site (see below), which was named after the historic Tricastin region. Three out of the four reactors on the site had been used until 2012 to power the Eurodif Uranium enrichment plant, which had been located on the site.