Nogent Nuclear Power Plant

Nogent Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Power Plant Nogent
Location of Nogent Nuclear Power Plant in France
Official name Centrale Nucléaire de Nogent
Country France
Location Nogent-sur-Seine
Coordinates 48°30′55″N 03°31′04″E / 48.51528°N 3.51778°E / 48.51528; 3.51778Coordinates: 48°30′55″N 03°31′04″E / 48.51528°N 3.51778°E / 48.51528; 3.51778
Status Operational
Construction began 1981
Commission date October 21, 1987 (October 21, 1987)
Operator(s) EDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor type PWR
Reactor supplier Framatome
Cooling source Seine River
Cooling towers 2
Power generation
Units operational 2 x 1,363 MW
Make and model Alstom
Nameplate capacity 2,726 MW
Average generation 19,331 GWh
Website
www.edf.com
Aerial view
The plant as seen from an airliner en route to Paris

The Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is located in the French commune of Nogent-sur-Seine, on the right bank of the Seine, in the west of the Aube department. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the west of Troyes and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Paris.

The plant houses two reactors each of 1300 MWe and the site has a total area of 100 hectares. Each reactor has its own cooling tower 165 metres (541 ft) high.

It produces about a third of the yearly electricity consumption of Île-de-France and employs around 700 regular workers.

Events

On December 5, 2011, nine Greenpeace anti-nuclear activists cut through a fence at the Nogent Nuclear Power Plant. They scaled the roof of the domed reactor building and unfurled a "Safe Nuclear Doesn't Exist" banner before attracting the attention of security guards. Two activists remained at large for four hours.[2]

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