Saint-Alban Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Official name | Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban |
Country | France |
Location | Saint-Alban-du-Rhône, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Coordinates | 45°24′16″N 4°45′19″E / 45.40444°N 4.75528°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | Unit 1: 29 January 1979 Unit 2: 31 July 1979 |
Commission date | Unit 1: 1 May 1986 Unit 2: 1 March 1987 |
Owner(s) | EDF |
Operator(s) | EDF |
Employees |
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Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Framatome |
Cooling source | Rhône River |
Thermal capacity | 2 × 3817 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 2 × 1335 MW |
Make and model | P4 REP 1300 |
Nameplate capacity | 2670 MW |
Capacity factor | 61.54% (2017) 67.90% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 14,394 GWh (2017) |
External links | |
Website | Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Saint-Alban nuclear power plant is located on the Rhone river, in the Isère department 50 km downstream from Lyon in the communes of Saint-Alban-du-Rhône and Saint-Maurice-l'Exil.