ALSACE Purpose: production of electricity Installations: Fessenheim 1 and 2 Type: pressurized water reactors (CPO
class) Location: Fessenheim
(Haut-Rhin), on the Grand Canal d’Alsace
beside the Rhine Operator: EDF Period of operation: since 1977 Fu el: low-enriched uranium oxide Nuclear materials: uranium,
plutonium, tritium Nominal capacity: 1 760 MW electric
net (880 MW electricity for each) Actual production: cumulative total at
the end of 2000, 240.4 TWH (119.7 and 120.7 TWh
respectively); as of October 2009, more than 320 billion kWh for the two
reactors Fessenheim 1 was the first French pressurized water reactor of industrial size. Construction began in 1970. A branch rail line runs to the edge of the site [Andra 98]. The third ten-year inspection of the plant will take place in 2009 and 2010. Fessenheim 1 will be shut down for study for three to four months, beginning in October 2009. In the second half of 2010 Fessenheim 2 will be shut down for a similar period of examination. While the reactors are out of operation, their resistance to earthquakes will be reinforced. ASN, which will head the inspection, is expected to announce at the beginning of 2011 whether the reactors can be safely operated for ten more years [AFP 29.ix.09]. --updated 8 October 2009 |
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