NORD Purpose: production of electricity Installations: Gravelines B1, B2, B3, B4, C5, and C6 Type: pressurized water reactors (class CP1) Location: Gravelines (Nord) west of Dunkerque Operator: Electricité de France Period of operation: since 1980 (went critical in 1980, 1980, 1980, 1981, 1984, and 1985 respectively) Fuel: low-enriched uranium oxide and mixed plutonium and uranium oxides Nuclear materials: uranium, plutonium, tritium Nominal capacity: 5460 MW electric net (910 MW each reactor) Actual production: total net at the end of 2000, 634.0 TWh (109.7, 115.7, 111.8, 111.4, 93.7, 91.7 respectively) All six reactors are licensed to use Mox fuel. Reactors C5 and C6 received their licenses in 2007, following a lengthy authorization procedure and years after the other four. Revised August 23, 2009 Copyright © by Yggdrasil 2001-2007, by EcoPerspectives 2008-2009 |