Chooz Nuclear Power Plant

Chooz Nuclear Power Plant
Location of Chooz Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	Centrale Nucléaire de Chooz
Country	France
Location	Chooz, Ardennes
Coordinates	50°5′24″N 4°47′22″E / 50.09°N 4.78944°E / 50.09; 4.78944Coordinates: 50°5′24″N 4°47′22″E / 50.09°N 4.78944°E / 50.09; 4.78944
Status	Operational
Construction began	1960
Commission date	April 15, 1967 (April 15, 1967)
Decommission date	1991 (Chooz A)
Operator(s)	EDF
Developer(s)	Societé d'Energie Nucleaire Franco-Belge des Ardennes
Constructor(s)	Bouygues
Reactor information
Reactors operational	2 x 1560 MW
Reactors decom.	1 x 320 MW
Reactor type(s)	PWR
Reactor supplier(s)	Framatome
Turbine information
Manufacturer(s)	Alstom
Power generation information
Installed capacity	3,120 MW
Annual generation	19,306 GW·h
Net generation	195,081 GW·h
As of 10 November 2010

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, 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