Chinon Nuclear Power Plant

Chinon Nuclear Power Plant
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Official nameCentrale Nucléaire de Chinon
CountryFrance
LocationAvoine, Indre-et-Loire
Coordinates47°13′57″N 0°10′13″E / 47.2325°N 0.1703°E / 47.2325; 0.1703
StatusOperational
Construction began1957
Commission date1 February 1964; 60 years ago (1 February 1964)
Operator(s)EDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierFramatome
Cooling towers4 × Mechanical Draft
Power generation
Units operational4 × 954 MW
Make and modelAlstom
Units decommissioned1 × 80 MW
1 × 230 MW
1 × 480 MW
Nameplate capacity3,816 MW
Capacity factor71.6%
Annual net output23,925 GW·h
External links
WebsiteCentrale nucléaire de Chinon
CommonsRelated 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.

  1. ^ French Technical Bulletin. Economic Section of the French Embassy in the U.S.A. 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 28 February 2024.