CENTRE Purpose : electricity productionInstallations : Dampierre 1, 2, 3, and 4Type : pressurized water reactors (CP1)Location : Dampierre-en-Burly (Loiret) on the Loire, west of OrléansOperator : Electricité de FrancePeriod of operation: since 1980 (reactors went critical in 1980, 1980, 1981, and 1981 respectively) Fuel : low-enriched uranium oxide and mixed uranium and plutonium oxidesNuclear materials : uranium, plutonium, tritiumNominal capacity : 3,560 MW electric net (890 MW each reactor)Actual production: total at the end of 2000, 383.9 TWh net (116.6, 110.16, 113.6, 109.5 TWh respectively) Dampierre 1, 2, 3, and 4 use Mox fuel. Revised 10/8/01 |