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🇫🇷 Cattenom

Name: Cattenom
Address: France

Nuclear power plant · France

Operational

Capacity≈5,200 MW

Units4

First Online1987

Construction Start1979

Output (ENTSO-E)2,502 MW · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates49.416, 6.217

Cattenom is a nuclear power station in France. Of its 4 recorded unit(s), 4 reactors are operational. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 5,200 MW. On 2026-09-03, 2 of 4 units at this site were generating, with a combined daily mean of 2,502 MW recorded in ENTSO-E grid data. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1987. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Cattenom

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Cattenom-1	Operational	PWR P4 REP 1300	1,300 MW	Construction 1979 · Grid 1987
Cattenom-2	Operational	PWR P4 REP 1300	1,300 MW	Construction 1980 · Grid 1988
Cattenom-3	Operational	PWR P4 REP 1300	1,300 MW	Construction 1982 · Grid 1991
Cattenom-4	Operational	PWR P4 REP 1300	1,300 MW	Construction 1983 · Grid 1992

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