Cruas Nuclear Power Plant

Cruas Nuclear Power Plant
Cruas Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	Centrale Nucléaire de Cruas
Country	France
Location	Cruas and Meysse, Ardèche
Coordinates	44°37′59″N 4°45′24″E / 44.63306°N 4.75667°E / 44.63306; 4.75667
Status	Operational
Construction began	1978
Commission date	29 April 1983; 41 years ago (1983-04-29)
Operator(s)	EDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Framatome
Power generation
Units operational	4 x 956 MW
Make and model	Alstom
Nameplate capacity	3824 MW
Capacity factor	69.4%
Annual net output	23,241 GW·h
External links
Website	www.edf.com
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Cruas Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Cruas and Meysse communes, Ardèche next to the Rhône River in France. The site is 35 km north of Tricastin Nuclear Power Center and near the town of Montélimar.

The site contains 4 pressurized water reactors of 900 MW each, totaling 3600 MW total. The construction began in 1978, the reactors were built between 1983 and 1984.

The power station accounts for 4 to 5% of the electric energy production in France, and 40% of the annual usage by the Rhone-Alps area. The site employs about 1,200 workers and has an area of 148 hectares. Cooling water comes from the Rhône river.