Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant
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| Official name | Centrale Nucléaire de Flamanville |
| Country | France |
| Location | Flamanville, Manche |
| Coordinates | 49°32′11″N 1°52′54″W / 49.53639°N 1.88167°WCoordinates: 49°32′11″N 1°52′54″W / 49.53639°N 1.88167°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1979 |
| Commission date | December 4, 1985 2014 (Flamanville 3 scheduled) |
| Operator(s) | EDF |
| Constructor(s) | Bouygues |
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| Reactors operational | 2 x 1,382 MW |
| Reactors under construction | 1 x 1,750 MW |
| Reactor type(s) | PWR EPR |
| Reactor supplier(s) | Framatome Areva |
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| Manufacturer(s) | Alstom |
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| Installed capacity | 2,764 MW |
| Annual generation | 17,917 GW·h |
| Net generation | 331,816 GW·h |
| Website Edf site |
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| As of 10 November 2010 | |
The Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant is located at Flamanville, Manche, France on the Cotentin Peninsula.
It houses two pressurized water reactors (PWRs) that produce 1300 MWe each and came into service in 1986 and 1987, respectively. It produced 18.9 TWh in 2005, which amounted to 4% of the electricity production in France. In 2006 this figure was about 3.3%.
In 2006, before the start of construction of unit 3, there were 671 workers regularly working at the two operational reactors.
[edit] Unit 3
Construction on a new reactor, Flamanville 3, began on 4 December 2007.[1] The new unit is an Areva European Pressurized Reactor type and is planned to have a capacity of 1,650 MWe.
EDF has previously said France's first EPR would cost €3.3 billion[1] and start commercial operations in 2012, after construction lasting 54 months.[2] The estimated cost has now increased to €6 billion ($8.5 billion) and the completion of construction is delayed to 2016 [3]
[edit] References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Flamanville nuclear power plant |
- ^ a b "Construction of Flamanville EPR begins". World Nuclear News. 2007-12-04. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=14496. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ "Flamanville 3 concrete poured". Nuclear Engineering International. 6 December 2007. http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectionCode=132&storyCode=2048041. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "EDF delays Flamanville 3 EPR project". Nuclear Engineering International. 2011-07-20. http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=2060192. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
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