Nuclear France: materials and sites

By Mary Byrd Davis

 
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MIDI-PYRENEES

GOLFECH

Purpose: production of electricity

Installations: Golfech 1 and 2

Type: pressurized water reactors (class P’4)

Location: Golfech (Tarn and Garonne) on the lateral canal of the Garonne, southeast of Agen

Operator: Electricité de France

Period of operation: since 1990 (went critical in 1990 and 1993 respectively)

Fuel: low-enriched uranium oxide

Nuclear materials: uranium, plutonium, tritium

Nominal capacity: 2620 MW electric (1310 MW each reactor)

Actual production: total net at the end of 2000, 140.6 TWh (82.7 and 56.9 TWh respectively)

 

 

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