Nogent Nuclear Power Plant - Nogent-sur-Seine, France
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The Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is situated in the French commune of Nogent-sur-Seine, on the right bank of the Seine. It is located 120 kilometres south-east of Paris.
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Location: Grand-Est, France
Date Posted: 10/03/2012
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The plant houses two 1300 MW reactors and the site has a total area of 100 hectares. Each reactor has its own cooling tower 165 metres (541 ft) high. It produces about one third of the yearly electricity consumption of Île-de-France and employs around 700 regular workers.
Events:
A fire drill on October 2, 2001 by the Nuclear Safety Authority of France confirmed that it took about 50 minutes between the time of the drill and the time the second team responded.
On September 30, 2005, water was accidentally sprayed on electrical cabinets; the reactor was automatically stopped. Nobody was injured and there were no radiation releases. It was classified as 1 on the INES scale.
On December 5, 2011, nine Greenpeace anti-nuclear activists cut through a fence at the Nogent Nuclear Power Plant. They scaled the roof of the domed reactor building and unfurled a "Safe Nuclear Doesn't Exist" banner before attracting the attention of security guards. Two activists remained at large for four hours.
The cooling towers can be seen from many spots along the River Seine in Nogent-sur-Seine. The coordinates were taken from road D951 at about 500 meters from the Power Plant parking lot.
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References:
-Nuclear Safety Authority press release (French)
-Tara Patel (December 16, 2011). "Breaches at N-plants heighten France's debate over reactors". Seattle Times.