Chinon nuclear power plant

Chinon nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Chinon nuclear power plant is the 7th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in France, holding 6% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 26th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1984 and 1988; the median unit is 40.5 years old, younger than the median of 41.0 in France.

The 7 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 5.4 to 6.8 years (median 6.1) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Civaux nuclear power plant (93 km), Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant (120 km) and Dampierre nuclear power plant (186 km).

2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit B-1 +4.0% and Unit B-2 +4.0%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.