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🇫🇷 Chinon-A3

Name: Chinon-A3
Address: France

Nuclear power plant · France

Shut Down

Capacity≈480 MW

Units1

First Online1966

Construction Start1961

Shut Down1990

Reactor TypeGCR

Coordinates47.232, 0.167

Chinon-A3 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 480 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1966. Reactor technology on site: GCR.

Reactor units at Chinon-A3

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Chinon-A3	Shut Down	GCR UNGG	480 MW	Construction 1961 · Grid 1966 · Shutdown 1990

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