Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant

Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant is the 18th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in France, holding 3% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 98th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up in 1983; the median unit is 43.0 years old, older than the median of 41.0 in France.

The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.7 to 5.6 years (median 5.2) 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 Dampierre nuclear power plant (70 km), Belleville nuclear power plant (100 km) and Chinon nuclear power plant (120 km).

The current net rating of Unit B-2 differs from its design net capacity by +4.0% (880 MW at design, 915 MW now).

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.