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🇫🇷 Chinon-A1

Name: Chinon-A1
Address: France

Nuclear power plant · France

Shut Down

Capacity≈68 MW

Units1

First Online1964

Construction Start1957

Shut Down1973

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates47.232, 0.167

Chinon-A1 is a nuclear power station in France. Of its 1 recorded unit(s), 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 68 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1964. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Chinon-A1

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Chinon-A1	Shut Down	GCR UNGG	68 MW	Construction 1957 · Grid 1964 · Shutdown 1973

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