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Nogent Nuclear Power Plant

Nogent-sur-Seine, France

The 231st largest power station in the world

2.62 GW · Capacity

The Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is located in the French commune of Nogent-sur-Seine, on the right bank of the Seine, in the west of the Aube department. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the west of Troyes and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Paris. The plant houses two reactors each of 1300 MWe 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 a third of the yearly electricity consumption of Île-de-France and employs around 700 regular workers.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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