Drôme
Arrondissement of Nyons
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux

Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

The Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant consisting of 4 pressurized water reactors of CP1 type with 915 MW electrical power output each.
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: nuclear power plant in France
  • Also known as: “Centre Nucléaire de Production d’Electricité du Tricastin” and “Tricastin nuclear power plant”
  • Address: Route du Site du Tricastin, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, 26130

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tricastin Nuclear Site and Georges-Besse plant.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an industrial site that encompasses facilities of the nuclear fuel cycle and a nuclear power plant. It is located in , in the lower valley, at the heart of the historic Tricastin region, on the right bank of the Canal de Donzère-Mondragon between and . is situated 1 km northwest of Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant.

Factory
Photo: Arnaud 25, Public domain.
The , known as the Eurodif plant from 1978 to 1988, was a nuclear facility specializing in uranium enrichment by gaseous diffusion. The plant, now in the nuclear dismantling phase, is located on the at in the region. is situated 1 km west of Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant.

Castle
Photo: Zeisterre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bollène and Pierrelatte.

Town
Photo: DALETN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in southeastern . is situated 6 km south of Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant.

Town
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is a commune in the department in southeastern . Since the 1980s it hosts one of the biggest production plants of the enriched uranium existing in the world, used both for civil and military purposes. is situated 6 km northwest of Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant.

Village
Photo: Raymondseneque, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche is a commune in the department in southern . is situated 9 km west of Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant.

Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

Latitude
44.3311° or 44° 19′ 52″ north
Longitude
4.73135° or 4° 43′ 53″ east
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Inception
1980
Operator
Électricité de France
Open location code
8FP68PJJ+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 672758776
Geo­Names ID
11837576
Wiki­data ID
Q154006
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “特立卡斯坦核电站”
  • Chinese: “特立卡斯坦核電站”
  • Chinese: “特里卡斯坦核电站”
  • Chinese: “特里卡斯廷核电站”
  • Chinese: “特里卡斯廷核電站”
  • Croatian: “Nuklearna elektrana Tricastin”
  • Czech: “Tricastinská jaderná elektrárna”
  • Dutch: “Kerncentrale Tricastin”
  • Dutch: “Kernenergiecentrale Tricastin”
  • Estonian: “Tricastini tuumajaam”
  • Finnish: “Tricastin ydinlaitos”
  • Finnish: “Tricastinin ydinvoimalaitos”
  • French: “centrale du Tricastin”
  • French: “centrale nucléaire du Tricastin”
  • French: “Centrale nucléaire du Tricastin”
  • French: “Centrale Nucléaire du Tricastin”
  • French: “CNPE”
  • French: “Tricastin”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Tricastin”
  • Hungarian: “Tricastin atomerőmű”
  • Italian: “Centrale nucleare del Tricastin”
  • Italian: “centrale nucleare di Tricastin”
  • Japanese: “トリカスタン原子力発電所”
  • Kölsch: “Kernkraftwärk Tricastin”
  • Kölsch: “Kernkraftwerk Tricastin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tricastin kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Tricastin kjernekraftverk”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Centrala nucleara de Tricastin”
  • Persian: “نیروگاه هسته‌ای تریکاستین”
  • Russian: “АЭС Трикастен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nuklearna elektrana Tricastin”
  • Slovenian: “jedrska elektrarna Tricastin”
  • Spanish: “Central nuclear de Tricastin”
  • Spanish: “Tricastin”
  • Swedish: “Kärnkraftverket Tricastin”
  • Ukrainian: “АЕС Трікастен”

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