Paluel Nuclear Power Plant

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Country = France
Utility = EDF
Built = 1977
Start = June 22, 1984
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Reactor = 4
Reactor_MW = 5,528
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El_Prod = 34,402
for_year = 2006
El_Prod_avg = 33,714
Net_Prod = 689,640
WEBSITE = [http://www.edf.fr/35072i/Accueilfr/InfosNucleaire/Planrapproche/Lessitesfrancais/Paluel.html Site c/o Betreibers]
as_of = July 22, 2007The Nuclear power station Paluel ( _fr. Centrale nucléaire de Paluel) lies within the French town Paluel in Normandy in the Département Seine-Maritime. The nuclear power station, which consists of four 1330 MWe class pressurized water reactors, is about 40 kilometers far away from the city of Dieppe and employs approx. 1,250 full time workers. The operator is the French company EDF. Water from the English Channel is used for cooling.

Achievement

The installed total output of 5.528 GW makes it one of the largest nuclear power stations in France. By electrical output it is second place in France and seventh place world-wide. It feeds on average 32 billion kilowatt-hours into the public electricity grid every year.

afety

In the past, there were problems with the cooling of the plant due to blockage of cooling water from the English Channel, which causes an automatic reactor trip.

The blockage has been caused in part by seasonally-present macroalgae, and EDF is pursuing possible solutions to prevent its entrainment with Gunderboom, Inc.

Reactors

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