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Nogent Nuclear Power Plant

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Country
  
France

Status
  
Operational

Phone
  
+33 800 37 94 27

Construction began
  
1981

Reactor type
  
Pressurized water reactor

Location
  
Nogent-sur-Seine

Operator(s)
  
EDF

Make and model
  
Alstom

Reactor supplier
  
Areva

Nogent Nuclear Power Plant

Official name
  
Centrale Nucléaire de Nogent

Commission date
  
October 21, 1987 (October 21, 1987)

Address
  
Centrale Nucléaire, 10400 Nogent-sur-Seine, France

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–12PM, 1:30–7PMWednesday9AM–12PM, 1:30–7PMThursday9AM–12PM, 1:30–7PMFriday9AM–12PM, 1:30–7PMSaturday9AM–12PM, 1:30–7PMSunday9AM–12PM, 1:30–7PMMonday9AM–12PM, 1:30–7PMTuesday9AM–12PM, 1:30–7PMSuggest an edit

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The Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is located in the French commune of Nogent-sur-Seine, on the right bank of the Seine, in the west of the Aube department. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the west of Troyes and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Paris.

The plant houses two reactors each of 1300 MWe and the site has a total area of 100 hectares. Each reactor has its own cooling tower 165 metres (541 ft) high.

It produces about a third of the yearly electricity consumption of Île-de-France and employs around 700 regular workers.

Events

  • A fire drill on October 2, 2001 by the Nuclear Safety Authority of France confirmed that it took about 50 minutes between the time of the drill the time the second team responded.
  • On September 30, 2005, water was accidentally sprayed on electrical cabinets; the reactor was automatically stopped. Nobody was injured and there were no radiation releases. It was classified as level 1 on the INES scale.
  • On December 5, 2011, nine Greenpeace anti-nuclear activists cut through a fence at the Nogent Nuclear Power Plant. They scaled the roof of the domed reactor building and unfurled a "Safe Nuclear Doesn't Exist" banner before attracting the attention of security guards. Two activists remained at large for four hours.

    References

    Nogent Nuclear Power Plant Wikipedia