Nogent Nuclear Power Plant

Nogent Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear Power Plant Nogent
Location of Nogent Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	Centrale Nucléaire de Nogent
Country	France
Location	Nogent-sur-Seine
Coordinates	48°30′55″N 03°31′04″E / 48.51528°N 3.51778°E / 48.51528; 3.51778Coordinates: 48°30′55″N 03°31′04″E / 48.51528°N 3.51778°E / 48.51528; 3.51778
Status	Operational
Construction began	1981
Commission date	October 21, 1987 (October 21, 1987)
Operator(s)	EDF
Reactor information
Reactors operational	2 x 1,363 MW
Reactor type(s)	PWR
Reactor supplier(s)	Framatome
Turbine information
Manufacturer(s)	Alstom
Power generation information
Installed capacity	2,726 MW
Annual generation	19,331 GW·h
Net generation	304,690 GW·h
Website www.edf.com
As of 11 November 2010

Aerial view

The Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is located in the French commune of Nogent-sur-Seine, on the right bank of the Seine, in the west of the Aube department. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the west of Troyes and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Paris.

The plant houses two reactors each of 1300 MWe and the site has a total area of 100 hectares. Each reactor has its own cooling tower 165 metres (541 ft) high.

It produces about a third of the yearly electricity consumption of Île-de-France and employs around 700 regular workers.

Events

• A fire drill on October 2, 2001 by the Nuclear Safety Authority of France confirmed that it took about 50 minutes between the time of the drill the time the second team responded.
• On September 30, 2005, water was accidentally sprayed on electrical cabinets; the reactor was automatically stopped. Nobody was injured and there were no radiation releases. It was classified as 1 on the INES scale^[1].

References

1. ^ Nuclear Safety Authority press release (French)