Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant
Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant is a factory in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Arrondissement of Nyons, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant is situated nearby to the factory Socatri, as well as near Georges-Besse plant.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant and Georges-Besse plant.
Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant
Power station
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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 1¼ km northeast of Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant.
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 610 metres north of Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant.
Tricastin Nuclear Site
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The Tricastin Nuclear Site is an industrial site that encompasses facilities of the nuclear fuel cycle and a nuclear power plant. It is located in France, in the lower Rhône valley, at the heart of the historic Tricastin region, on the right bank of the Canal de Donzère-Mondragon between Valence and Avignon. Tricastin Nuclear Site is situated 1¼ km north of Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bollène and Pierrelatte.
Bollène
Town
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Bollène is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Bollène is situated 5 km southeast of Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant.
Pierrelatte
Town
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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 6 km north of Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant.
La Garde-Adhémar
Village
Photo: Juanglard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Garde-Adhémar is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. A member of the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, it is located 18.3 km south of Montélimar. La Garde-Adhémar is situated 8 km north of Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant.
Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant
- Type: Factory
- Also known as: “Usine Georges-Besse II Sud”
- Categories: uranium enrichment plant and industry
- Location: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Arrondissement of Nyons, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.32454° or 44° 19′ 28″ northLongitude
4.72052° or 4° 43′ 14″ eastInception
2010Operator
SETOpen location code
8FP68PFC+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 857693160OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=worksWikidata ID
Q3552593
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In Other Languages
From French to Hungarian—“Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant” goes by many names.
- French: “Usine Georges Besse II”
- French: “usine Georges-Besse II”
- French: “Usine Georges-Besse II”
- German: “Urananreicherungsanlage Georges Besse II”
- Hungarian: “Georges Besse II urándúsító üzem”
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