Civaux nuclear power plant

Civaux nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Civaux nuclear power plant is the 11th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in France, holding 5% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 38th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up in 2002; the median unit is 24.0 years old, younger than the median of 41.0 in France.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 8.7 to 9.2 years (median 9.0) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1990s is 8.0 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Chinon nuclear power plant (93 km), Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant (157 km) and Blayais nuclear power plant (170 km).

2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +3.1% and Unit 2 +3.1%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.