Aire de Tricastin
Aire de Tricastin is a rest area in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Arrondissement of Nyons, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Aire de Tricastin is situated nearby to the power station Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant, as well as near the post office Bureau de Poste de Bollene Ecluse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant and Château de Barry.
Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Vpe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant is situated 1 km northwest of Aire de Tricastin.
Château de Barry
Castle
Photo: Zeisterre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Château de Barry is a castle, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Aire de Tricastin.
Georges-Besse plant
Factory
Photo: Arnaud 25, Public domain.
The Georges-Besse plant, 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 Tricastin nuclear site at Pierrelatte in the Drôme region. Georges-Besse plant is situated 1½ km west of Aire de Tricastin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bollène and Pierrelatte.
Bollène
Town
Photo: DALETN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bollène is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Bollène is situated 5 km south of Aire de Tricastin.
Pierrelatte
Town
Photo: jeanlouis zimmermann, CC BY 2.0.
Pierrelatte is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. 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. Pierrelatte is situated 7 km northwest of Aire de Tricastin.
Suze-la-Rousse
Village
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
Suze-la-Rousse is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France, situated in the heart of the Rhône Valley vineyards… Suze-la-Rousse is situated 9 km southeast of Aire de Tricastin.
Aire de Tricastin
- Type: Rest area
- Category: transportation
- Location: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Arrondissement of Nyons, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.32641° or 44° 19′ 35″ northLongitude
4.74002° or 4° 44′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8FP68PGR+H2OpenStreetMap ID
way 252371343OpenStreetMap feature
highway=rest_area
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In Other Languages
“Aire de Tricastin” goes by many names.
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pausador de Tricastin”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bureau de Poste de Bollene Ecluse and Les Tamaris.
Nearby Places
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