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Paluel Nuclear Power Plant

Paluel, France

The 48th largest power station in the world

5.32 GW · Capacity

The Paluel Nuclear Power Plant (Centrale nucléaire de Paluel) lies within the French town Paluel in Normandy in the Département Seine-Maritime. The nuclear power plant, which consists of four 1330 MWe class pressurized water reactors, is about 40 kilometers far away from the city of Dieppe and employs approx. 1,250 full-time workers. The operator is the French company EDF. Water from the English Channel is used for cooling.

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

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