Gravelines Nuclear Power Station
| Gravelines Nuclear Power Station | |
|---|---|
 Gravelines Nuclear Power Station | |
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| Official name | Centrale Nucléaire de Gravelines |
| Country | France |
| Location | Gravelines, Nord |
| Coordinates | 51°00′55″N 02°08′10″E / 51.01528°N 2.13611°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1974 |
| Commission date | 13 March 1980 |
| Operator(s) | EDF |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Framatome |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 6 × 910 MW |
| Make and model | GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | EDF.com |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
| ] | |
The Gravelines Nuclear Power Station is a
TWh of electric energy, 5.9% of French electricity production.[1]
Two reactors entered service in 1980, two in 1981, and two in 1985.
The site employs 1,680 regular employees. As of 2 August 2010[update], it became the second nuclear station anywhere in the world to produce over one thousand
terawatt-hours of electricity, following Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada, which passed that milestone in 2009.[2][3]
The reactors of Units 5 and 6 were initially intended for export to Iran, but the order was cancelled after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Their design, known as CPY, was the basis for the Chinese CPR-1000.[4] An intermediate derivative is called the M310.[5]
Incidents
- 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 ranked Level-1 on the INES Scale, the lowest level on the 7-point scale
- In 2007, the plant experienced four separate events that qualified as Level-1 on the INES Scale.
- In August 2009, during the annual exchange of fuel bundles in Reactor-1, one bundle got stuck to the upper handling structure, stopping the operations and causing the evacuation and isolation of the reactor's building.[6]
Cooling water
The cooling water that carries waste heat from the plant is used for aquaculture in a location named Route De L'aquaculture.
A local commune of aquafarmers who raise European seabass and gilt-head breams.[citation needed] The warm water helps them grow faster.
Economics
A major
OVH datacentre is located next to the power station.[7]
See also
- List of largest power stations in the world
- List of nuclear power stations
References
- ^ "PRIS - Country Details".
- ^ "French nuclear plant reaches landmark". World Nuclear News. 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "IAEA PRIS Database".
- ^ "CPR1000 Design, Safety Performance and Operability, slide 16" (PDF). www.iaea.org. International Atomic Energy Agency. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Chinese reactor design evolution, Nuclear Engineering International
- ^ "AFP: Incident "significatif" à la centrale nucléaire de Gravelines, dans le Nord". Archived from the original on 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ENS Lyon.
External links
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