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Tricastin Nuclear Site

The Tricastin Nuclear Site is an industrial site that encompasses facilities of the nuclear fuel cycle and a . 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 .
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Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Industry
  • Description: nuclear facility complex in France
  • Also known as: “Tricastin nuclear site” and “ZI Tricastin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant and Georges-Besse plant.

Power station
Photo: Vpe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a nuclear power plant consisting of 4 pressurized water reactors of CP1 type with 915 MW electrical power output each. is situated 1 km southeast of Tricastin Nuclear Site.

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 Tricastin nuclear site at in the region. is situated 710 metres south of Tricastin Nuclear Site.

Zoo
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a zoo, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Tricastin Nuclear Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pierrelatte and Bollène.

Town
Photo: jeanlouis zimmermann, CC BY 2.0.
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 5 km northwest of Tricastin Nuclear Site.

Town
Photo: DALETN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in southeastern . is situated 7 km south of Tricastin Nuclear Site.

Village
Photo: Raymondseneque, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche is a commune in the department in southern . is situated 8 km west of Tricastin Nuclear Site.

Tricastin Nuclear Site

Latitude
44.33641° or 44° 20′ 11″ north
Longitude
4.72193° or 4° 43′ 19″ east
Open location code
8FP68PPC+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42017490
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q14552211
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In Other Languages

From French to Swedish—“Tricastin Nuclear Site” goes by many names.
  • French: “site nucléaire du Tricastin”
  • French: “Site nucléaire du Tricastin”
  • German: “Nuklearanlage Tricastin”
  • Hungarian: “Tricastin nukleáris telephely”
  • Italian: “Sito nucleare del Tricastin”
  • Italian: “sito nucleare di Tricastin”
  • Japanese: “トリカスタン原子力地区”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Site nuclear de Tricastin”
  • Slovenian: “jedrski objekt Tricastin”
  • Swedish: “Tricastin kärnteknikcentrum”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chaufferie biomasse de Pierrelatte and Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant.

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