Our nuclear power plants in France
Gravelines nuclear power plant
Located in the Hauts-de-France region, the Gravelines nuclear power plant operates 6 pressurized water reactors of 900 MWe and employs 3,000 people. Its output covers approximately of 70% of the region's annual electricity consumption.
Paluel nuclear power plant
Located in the Normandy region, the Paluel nuclear power plant operates 4 pressurized water reactors of 1300 MWe and employs over 2,100 people. Its output covers more than 100% of the region's electricity needs.
Penly nuclear power plant
Located in the Normandy region, the Penly nuclear power plant operates 2 pressurized water reactors of 1300 MWe and employs over 1,300 people. Its output covers more than 60% of the region's electricity needs.
Flamanville Nuclear Site
Located in the Normandy region, the Flamanville nuclear site operates 2 pressurized water reactors of 1300 MWe, whose output represents the equivalent of the electricity consumption of 5.3 million residents, and an EPR-type reactor, currently being started up, with approximately 1,600 MWe.
Discover the Flamanville 1-2 power plant [in French] Découvrez the EPR of Flamanville 3 [in French]
Nogent-sur-Seine nuclear power plant
Located in the Grand Est region, the Nogent-sur-Seine nuclear power plant operates 2 pressurized water reactors of 1300 MWe and employs nearly 1,200 people. Its output represents nearly 40% of the region's electricity needs and more than 5% of national nuclear production.
Discover the Nogent-sur-Seine nuclear power plant [in French]
Dampierre nuclear power plant
Located in the Centre-Val de Loire region, the Dampierre nuclear power plant operates 4 pressurized water reactors of 900 MWe and employs 2,000 people. Its output covers the electricity needs of over 4 million French households each year.
Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant
Located in the Centre-Val de Loire region, the Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant operates 2 pressurized water reactors with a capacity of 900 MWe and employs 1,250 people. Its output covers two-thirds of the region's electricity needs.
Belleville-sur-Loire nuclear power plant
Located in the Centre-Val de Loire region, the Belleville-sur-Loire nuclear power plant operates 2 pressurized water reactors of 1300 MWe and employs nearly 1,100 people. Its output covers 100% of the region's electricity needs and represents more than 5% of French nuclear production.
Discover the Belleville-sur-Loire nuclear power plant [in French]
Chinon nuclear power plant
Located in the Centre-Val de Loire region, the Chinon nuclear power plant operates 4 pressurized water reactors of 900 MWe and employs over 2,500 people. Its output represents more than 5% of French nuclear production. The Chinon Atom Museum (the first power plant commissioned in 1963) welcomes 2,000 visitors each year.
Civaux nuclear power plant
Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the Civaux nuclear power plant operates 2 pressurized water reactors of 1,450 MWe and employs over 1,300 people. Its output covers 50% of the region's electricity needs and represents approximately 6% of French nuclear production.
Blayais nuclear power plant
Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the Blayais nuclear power plant operates 4 pressurized water reactors of 900 MWe and employs nearly 2,200 people. Its production covers 50% of the region's electricity needs and represents more than 5% of French nuclear production.
Golfech nuclear power plant
Located in the Occitanie region, the Golfech nuclear power plant operates 2 pressurized water reactors of 1,300 MWe and employs 1,000 people. Its output covers 40% of the region's electricity needs and represents the equivalent of the electricity needs of 3 million French households.
Tricastin nuclear power plant
Located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the Tricastin nuclear power plant has 4 pressurized water reactors of 900 MWe and employs 2,000 people. Its output covers 40% of the region's electricity needs and represents the equivalent of the electricity consumption of nearly 3.5 million French households.
Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant
Located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant operates 4 pressurized water reactors of 900 MWe and employs over 1,850 people. Its output covers 40% of the region's electricity needs and represents 7% of French nuclear production.
Saint-Alban nuclear power plant
Located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the Saint-Alban nuclear power plant operates 2 pressurized water reactors of 1,300 MWe and employs over 1,100 people. Its output covers 25% of the region's electricity needs and represents the equivalent of the electricity consumption of nearly 3.8 million French households.
Bugey nuclear power plant
Located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the Bugey nuclear power plant operates 4 pressurized water reactors of 900 MWe and employs nearly 2,100 people. Its output covers 40% of the region's electricity needs.
Cattenom nuclear power plant
Located in the Grand Est region, the Cattenom nuclear power plant operates 4 pressurized water reactors of 1,300 MWe and employs 2,300 people. Its output covers more than 75% of the region's electricity needs.
Chooz nuclear power plant
Located in the Grand Est region, the Chooz nuclear power plant operates 2 pressurized water reactors of 1,450 MWe and employs over 1,150 people. Its output covers more than 30% of the region's electricity needs.
Fessenheim nuclear power plant
Commissioned in 1977 and located in Grand Est, Fessenheim was the first nuclear plant to be shut down under the Multi-Year Energy Program. Over 43 years of operation, it produced the equivalent of 30 years of Alsace’s electricity consumption.
Brennilis nuclear power plant
Located in the Brittany region, the Brennilis nuclear power plant was permanently shut down in 1986. The site is currently in the decommissioning phase, with the objective of returning to a cleared site, ready for new use by 2041.
Creys-Malville nuclear power plant
Located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the Creys-Malville nuclear power plant was permanently shut down in 1997. It housed Superphénix, the first prototype of the sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor family, currently undergoing decommissioning.
Nuclear energy, at the heart of local communities
Nuclear energy in France represents:
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3,200 companies
more than 80% of which are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), contributing to the vitality of local areas, especially in rural regions and those affected by deindustrialization. (3)
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220,000 professionals
employed in qualified, non-relocatable positions. (3)
To go further
(1) After the permanent shutdown of the two Fessenheim units and the connection of Flamanville 3 to the electricity
(2) Source 2024 URD
(3) Source France Travail [in French]