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🇫🇷 Chinon-A2

Name: Chinon-A2
Address: France

Nuclear power plant · France

Shut Down

Capacity≈170 MW

Units1

First Online1965

Construction Start1959

Shut Down1985

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates47.232, 0.167

Chinon-A2 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 170 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1965. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Chinon-A2

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Chinon-A2	Shut Down	GCR UNGG	170 MW	Construction 1959 · Grid 1965 · Shutdown 1985

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