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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
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(s)
EDF
Operator(s)
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
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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.
^Tricastin-4, France – World Nuclear Association
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