Penly Nuclear Power Plant
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The Penly Nuclear power
station is found some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Dieppe
. It lies on the border of two French municipalities: Penly
and Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
in the département of Seine-Maritime
, Normandy
, on the English Channel
coast.
The two PWR
units are of the 1330 MWe class. The installed total output is 2764 MW, which means the plant is about average for French nuclear plants. It feeds on average about 18 billion kilowatt-hours per year into the public grid, corresponding to about 80% of the current annual consumption of Normandy. It is about ten kilometres from Dieppe.
reactor, would be built in Penly. Construction was announced for 2012 with connection to the grid following in 2017. GDF Suez
was to own a part of the plant, with the majority taken by EdF. However in 2010 GDF Suez withdrew from the project.
In 2011, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
, EdF postponed public consultations putting in doubt the 2012 construction start date.
Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
station is found some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Dieppe
Dieppe, Seine-Maritime
Dieppe is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in France. In 1999, the population of the whole Dieppe urban area was 81,419.A port on the English Channel, famous for its scallops, and with a regular ferry service from the Gare Maritime to Newhaven in England, Dieppe also has a popular pebbled...
. It lies on the border of two French municipalities: Penly
Penly
Penly is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A village of farming and light industry situated by the cliffs of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D313 and the D925 roads, some northeast of...
and Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A coastal farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D113, D313 and the D925 roads, some east of Dieppe. Huge chalk cliffs rise up over a...
in the département of Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
, Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, on the English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
coast.
Data
The plant employs about 670 full time people and is owned and operated by the French company Électricité de France (EDF). Water from the English Channel is used for cooling.The two PWR
Pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactors constitute a large majority of all western nuclear power plants and are one of three types of light water reactor , the other types being boiling water reactors and supercritical water reactors...
units are of the 1330 MWe class. The installed total output is 2764 MW, which means the plant is about average for French nuclear plants. It feeds on average about 18 billion kilowatt-hours per year into the public grid, corresponding to about 80% of the current annual consumption of Normandy. It is about ten kilometres from Dieppe.
Proposed third reactor
In January 2009, the French government announced that a third reactor, the second French EPREuropean Pressurized Reactor
The EPR is a third generation pressurized water reactor design. It has been designed and developed mainly by Framatome , Electricité de France in France, and Siemens AG in Germany...
reactor, would be built in Penly. Construction was announced for 2012 with connection to the grid following in 2017. GDF Suez
GDF Suez
GDF Suez S.A. is a French multinational energy company which operates in the fields of electricity generation and distribution, natural gas and renewable energy. The world's largest utility after taking control of Britain's International Power, the company was initially formed by the merger of Gaz...
was to own a part of the plant, with the majority taken by EdF. However in 2010 GDF Suez withdrew from the project.
In 2011, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
The is a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns, and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The plant comprises six separate boiling water reactors originally designed by General Electric ,...
, EdF postponed public consultations putting in doubt the 2012 construction start date.