Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant

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Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant
Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	Centrale Nucléaire de Saint-Laurent
Country	France
Location	Saint-Laurent-Nouan
Coordinates	47°43′12″N 01°34′39″E / 47.72000°N 1.57750°E / 47.72000; 1.57750
Status	Operational
Construction began	1963
Commission date	24 March 1969; 55 years ago (24 March 1969) (Saint-Laurent A) 1983; 41 years ago (1983) (Saint-Laurent B)
Decommission date	1990; 34 years ago (1990) (Saint-Laurent A-1) 1991; 33 years ago (1991) (Saint-Laurent A-2)
Operator(s)	EDF
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	GCR (retired) PWR
Reactor supplier	Framatome
Power generation
Units operational	2 x 956 MW
Make and model	Alstom
Units decommissioned	1 x 390 MW 1 x 450 MW
Nameplate capacity	1,912 MW
Capacity factor	77.1%
Annual net output	12,918 GW·h
External links
Website	www.edf.fr/35075i/Accueilfr/InfosNucleaire/Planrapproche/Lessitesfrancais/Saint_Laurent.html
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Station is located in the commune of Saint-Laurent-Nouan in Loir-et-Cher on the Loire — 28 km (17 mi) upstream from Blois and 30 km (19 mi) downstream from Orléans.

The site includes two operating pressurized water reactors (each 900MWe), which began operation in 1983. They are cooled by the water of the Loire River.

Two retired UNGG reactors exist at the site, which were brought into service in 1969 and 1971 and were shutdown in April 1990 and June 1992.^[1]

The site employs approximately 670 regular workers.