Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant
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| Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant | |
 Nuclear Power Station Gravelines
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| Country | France |
| Operator | EDF |
| Built | 1974 |
| Start of commercial operation | March 13, 1980 |
| Reactors | |
| Reactors active | 6 (5,706 MW) |
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| Capacity | MW |
| Total power generation in 2006 | 38,462 GWh |
| Average annual generation (last 5 yrs) | 37,610 GWh |
| Net generation | 864,934 GWh |
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| Website www.edf.com |
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As of July 22, 2007
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The Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant is located in Nord, France and is 20 km from Dunkerque and Calais. Its cooling water comes from the North Sea.
The plant houses 6 nuclear reactors. Two entered service in 1980, two in 1981, and the last two in 1985. It was the largest nuclear plant in the Europe until surpased by the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
The site employs 1,680 regular workers.
[edit] Events
- In 2007, the plant saw 4 separate events that qualified as level 1 on the INES scale.
- In 2006 when Unit 3 was taken offline for routine refueling it was discovered that an electrical wire had not been plugged in correctly during the last outage in 2005. This also classified as level 1 on the INES.
[edit] Cooling Water
The cooling water that carries waste heat from the plant is used by a local commune of aquafarmers who raise European seabass and gilt-head breams, the hotter water helps them grow faster.
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