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🇫🇷 Fessenheim

Name: Fessenheim
Address: France

Nuclear power plant · France

Shut Down

Capacity≈1,760 MW

Units2

First Online1978

Construction Start1971

Shut Down2020

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates47.903, 7.564

Fessenheim is a nuclear power station in France. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,760 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1978. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Fessenheim

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Fessenheim-1	Shut Down	PWR CP0	880 MW	Construction 1971 · Grid 1978 · Shutdown 2020
Fessenheim-2	Shut Down	PWR CP0	880 MW	Construction 1972 · Grid 1978 · Shutdown 2020

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