The Chooz Nuclear Power Station (Centrale nucléaire de Chooz) lies in the municipality of Chooz in the Ardennes department, France, on the Meuse close to the border with Belgium, between the French city of Charleville-Mézières and the Belgian municipality of Dinant.

The first reactor Chooz A, an early PWR design, was shut down in 1991 after an operational life of 22 years.

Two units of the N4 reactor design are currently operation, Chooz B1 and Chooz B2. Designed for a net power output of 1450 MWe, power was uprated to 1500 MWe in 2003.

A fourth nuclear reactor, of the EPR type, is under study by EDF.

The Chooz Nuclear Power Station employs around 700 full time workers.

The Chooz Nuclear Power Station reactors were a source of neutrinos for the CHOOZ neutrino oscillation experiment; a new experiment, Double CHOOZ, is currently under construction nearby.

Chooz Nuclear Power Plant
Official name Centrale Nucléaire de Chooz
Country France
Locale Chooz, Ardennes
Coordinates 50°5′24″N 4°47′22″E / 50.09°N 4.78944°E / 50.09; 4.78944 / 50.09; 4.78944
Status Operational
Construction began 1960
Commission date April 15, 1967 (April 15, 1967)
Decommission date 1991 (Chooz A)
Operator(s) EDF
Developer(s) Societé d'Energie Nucleaire Franco-Belge des Ardennes
Constructor(s) Bouygues

Reactor information
Reactors operational 2 x 1560 MW
Reactors decom. 1 x 320 MW
Reactor type(s) PWR
Reactor supplier(s) Framatome

Turbine information
Manufacturer(s) Alstom

Power generation information
Installed capacity 3,120 MW
Annual generation 19,306 GW·h
Net generation 195,081 GW·h
As of 10 November 2010
Reactors
Unit Type Net power Total power
Chooz - A (Ardennes) PWR 310 MW 320 MW
Chooz - B 1 PWR 1500 MW 1560 MW
Chooz - B 2 PWR 1500 MW 1560 MW

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