The Nuclear power station Paluel (French: Centrale nucléaire de Paluel) lies within the French town Paluel in Normandy in the Département Seine-Maritime. The nuclear power plant, which consists of four 1330 MWe class pressurized water reactors, is about 40 kilometers far away from the city of Dieppe and employs approx. 1,250 full time workers. The operator is the French company EDF. Water from the English Channel is used for cooling.

The installed total output of 5.528 GW makes it second largest nuclear power stations in France. By electrical output it is second place in France and seventh place worldwide. It feeds on average 32 billion kilowatt-hours into the public electricity grid every year.

In the past, there were problems with the cooling of the plant due to blockage of cooling water from the English Channel, which causes an automatic reactor trip.

The blockage has been caused in part by seasonally-present macroalgae, and EDF is pursuing possible solutions to prevent its entrainment with Gunderboom, Inc.

Reactors

Reaktorblock]	Net power	Total power	Construction start	Construction finish	Commercial operation	Shut down
Paluel 1	1,330 MW	1,382 MW	15.08.1977	22.06.1984	01.12.1985	2025 planned
Paluel 2	1,330 MW	1,382 MW	01.01.1978	04.09.1984	01.12.1985	2025 planned
Paluel 3	1,330 MW	1,382 MW	01.02.1979	30.09.1985	01.02.1986	2026 planned
Paluel 4	1,330 MW	1,382 MW	01.02.1980	11.04.1986	01.06.1986	2026 planned

Paluel Nuclear Power Plant
Data
Country	France
Operator	EDF
Built	1977
Start of commercial operation	June 22, 1984
Reactors
Reactors active	4 (5,528 MWth)
Power
Total power generation in 2006	34,402 GW·h
Average annual generation (last 5 yrs)	33,714 GW·h
Net generation	689,640 GW·h
Other details
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As of July 22, 2007