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🇫🇷 Tricastin

Name: Tricastin
Address: France

Nuclear power plant · France

Operational

Capacity≈3,660 MW

Units4

First Online1980

Construction Start1974

Output (ENTSO-E)2,557 MW · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates44.330, 4.733

Tricastin 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 3,660 MW. On 2026-09-03, 3 of 4 units at this site were generating, with a combined daily mean of 2,557 MW recorded in ENTSO-E grid data. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1980. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Tricastin

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Tricastin-1	Operational	PWR CP1	915 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1980
Tricastin-2	Operational	PWR CP1	915 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1980
Tricastin-3	Operational	PWR CP1	915 MW	Construction 1975 · Grid 1981
Tricastin-4	Operational	PWR CP1	915 MW	Construction 1975 · Grid 1981

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