Chooz Nuclear Power Plant

Coordinates: 50°05′24″N 4°47′26″E / 50.09°N 4.79056°E / 50.09; 4.79056
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Chooz Nuclear Power Plant
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Official nameCentrale Nucléaire de Chooz
CountryFrance
LocationChooz, Ardennes
Coordinates50°05′24″N 4°47′26″E / 50.09°N 4.79056°E / 50.09; 4.79056
StatusOperational
Construction began1960
Commission dateApril 15, 1967 (April 15, 1967)
Decommission date1991 (Chooz A)
Operator(s)EDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierFramatome
Cooling towers
  • 2
Cooling source
Power generation
Units operational2 x 1560 MW
Make and modelAlstom
Units decommissioned1 x 320 MW
Nameplate capacity3,120 MW
Annual net output19,306 GWh
External links
Websitewww.edf.fr/120786i/Accueil-fr/EDF-Nos-Energies/-nucleaire/les-centrales-nucleaires/Chooz/presentation.html
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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The Chooz Nuclear Power Station (French: Centrale nucléaire de Chooz) lies in the municipality of Chooz in the Ardennes department, France, on the Meuse in a panhandle protruding into Belgium, between the French city of Charleville-Mézières and the Belgian municipality of Dinant.

The first reactor Chooz A, an early PWR design by Westinghouse, built and exploited by French (EDF) and Belgian (SENA), was shut down in 1991 after an operational life of 22 years.

Two units of the N4 reactor design are currently operation, Chooz B1 and Chooz B2. Designed for a net power output of 1450 MWe, power was uprated to 1500 MWe in 2003.

A fourth nuclear reactor, of the EPR type, is under study by EDF.

The plant employs around 700 full-time workers.

The Chooz reactors were a source of neutrinos for the CHOOZ neutrino oscillation experiment; a new experiment, Double Chooz, is currently operating nearby.

Reactors

Unit Type Net power Total power Construction start Construction finish Commercial operation Shut down
Chooz - A (Ardennes) PWR 310 MW 320 MW 01.01.1962 03.04.1967 15.04.1967 30.10.1991
Chooz - B 1 PWR 1500 MW 1560 MW 01.01.1984 30.08.1996 15.05.2000
Chooz - B 2 PWR 1500 MW 1560 MW 31.12.1985 10.04.1997 29.09.2000

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chooz nuclear power plant.
  • Chooz B, Nuclear Engineering International wall chart, February 1985
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