Civaux Nuclear Power Plant
| Civaux Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
 Civaux Nuclear Power Plant | |
 | |
| Official name | Centrale Nucléaire de Civaux |
| Country | France |
| Location | Civaux (Vienne) |
| Coordinates | 46°27′24″N 0°39′10″E / 46.45667°N 0.65278°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1988 |
| Commission date | 2002 |
| Operator(s) | EDF |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR N4 |
| Reactor supplier | Framatome |
| Cooling towers | 2 |
| Cooling source | Vienne River |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 x 1561 MW |
| Make and model | GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | Site c/o EDF |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
| ] | |
The Civaux .
It has two operating units that were the precursors to the
MWe per unit, power was uprated to 1500 MWe in 2010. The Civaux plant uses ambient air and water from the Vienne River for cooling.[1]
As of 2022, 1300 people work at the plant.[2]
The cooling towers of Civaux Nuclear Power Plant are 178 metres in height, which are the highest among those of EDF's nuclear power plants.[3]
Events
- On 12 May 1998 there was a leak on an elbow in a pipe of the reactor coolant system. Water leaked out at the rate of 30 cubic meters per hour. It was classified as an INES level-2 event.
- Civaux was a proposed target in the Armed Islamic Groupterrorists would crash a hijacked aeroplane into the plant on 15 June 1998. The plot was foiled with a mass arrest of conspirators on 26 May.
Reactors
| Unit | Type | Net power | Total power | Construction start | Construction finish | Commercial operation | Shut down |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIVAUX-1 | PWR | 1495 MW | 1561 MW | 1988/10/15 | 1997/12/24 | 2002/01/29 | |
| CIVAUX-2 | PWR | 1495 MW | 1561 MW | 1991/04/01 | 1999/12/24 | 2002/04/23 |
See also
- EDF
- Pressurized Water Reactor
- Chooz Nuclear Power Plant
References
- ^ ASN. "La centrale de Civaux". Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ EDF. "La centrale nucléaire de Civaux". Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Document Agence française de sécurité sanitaire de l'environnement et du travail[permanent dead link], 10 octobre 2007
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