Blayais Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Official name | Centrale nucléaire du Blayais |
Country | France |
Location | Blaye, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Coordinates | 45°15′21″N 0°41′35″W / 45.25583°N 0.69306°W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | Units 1–2: 1 January 1977 Units 3–4: 1 April 1978 |
Commission date | Unit 1: 1 December 1981 Unit 2: 1 February 1983 Unit 3: 14 November 1983 Unit 4: 1 October 1983 |
Owner(s) | EDF |
Operator(s) | EDF |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Framatome |
Cooling source | Gironde estuary |
Thermal capacity | 4 × 2785 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 × 910 MW |
Make and model | CP1 |
Nameplate capacity | 3640 MW |
Capacity factor | 82.73% (2017) 75.15% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 26,380 GWh (2017) |
External links | |
Website | Centrale nucléaire du Blayais |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Blayais Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear plant on the banks of the Gironde estuary near Blaye, France operated by Électricité de France.