Civaux Nuclear Power Plant
| Civaux Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
 Civaux Nuclear Power Plant | |
  Location of Civaux Nuclear Power Plant in France | |
| Official name | Centrale Nucléaire de Civaux |
| Country | France |
| Location | Civaux (Vienne) |
| Coordinates | 46°27′24″N 0°39′10″E / 46.45667°N 0.65278°ECoordinates: 46°27′24″N 0°39′10″E / 46.45667°N 0.65278°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1988 |
| Commission date | 2002 |
| Operator(s) | EDF |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type |
PWR N4 |
| Reactor supplier | Framatome |
| Cooling source | Vienne River |
| Cooling towers | 2 |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 x 1561 MW |
| Make and model | Alstom |
| Nameplate capacity | 3,122 MW |
| Average generation | 21,458 GWh |
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Website Site c/o EDF | |
The Civaux Nuclear Power Plant is located in the commune of Civaux (Vienne) at the edge of Vienne River between Confolens (55 km upstream) and Chauvigny (16 km downstream), and 34 km south-east of Poitiers.
It has two operating units that were the precursors to the European Pressurized Reactor, being the "N4 stage". Designed for a net power output of 1450 MWe per unit, power was uprated to 1495 MWe in 2003. Water from the Vienne River is used for cooling.
As of 2004, 692 people work at the plant, with 12.9% women.
The cooling towers of Civaux Nuclear Power Plant are 180 metres in height, making them the tallest cooling towers in France.
Events
- On May 12, 1998 there was a leak on an elbow in a pipe of the RCS. Water leaked out at the rate of 30 cubic meters per hour. It was classified as 2 on the INES scale.
- Civaux was a proposed target in the 1998 World Cup terror plot; it was planned that Armed Islamic Group terrorists would crash a hijacked aeroplane into the plant on 15 June 1998. The plot was foiled with a mass arrest of conspirators on 26 May.
Reactors
| Unit | Type | Net power | Total power | Construction start | Construction finish | Commercial operation | Shut down |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIVAUX-1 | PWR | 1495 MW | 1561 MW | 1988/10/15 | 1997/12/24 | 2002/01/29 | |
| CIVAUX-2 | PWR | 1495 MW | 1561 MW | 1991/04/01 | 1999/12/24 | 2002/04/23 | |
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