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🇫🇷 Cruas

Name: Cruas
Address: France

Nuclear power plant · France

Operational

Capacity≈3,555 MW

Units4

First Online1984

Construction Start1978

Output (ENTSO-E)2,624 MW · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates44.634, 4.757

Cruas 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 3,555 MW. On 2026-09-03, 3 of 4 units at this site were generating, with a combined daily mean of 2,624 MW recorded in ENTSO-E grid data. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1984. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Cruas

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Cruas-1	Operational	PWR CP2	880 MW	Construction 1978 · Grid 1984
Cruas-3	Operational	PWR CP2	880 MW	Construction 1979 · Grid 1984
Cruas-2	Operational	PWR CP2	915 MW	Construction 1978 · Grid 1985
Cruas-4	Operational	PWR CP2	880 MW	Construction 1979 · Grid 1985

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