Nuclear Power: Explosion Rocks Flamanville NPP in France
Posted by feww on February 9, 2017
Explosion and fire reported at Flamanville NPP, N. France
About a dozen people have been injured in an explosion that rocked Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in Manche, Cotentin Peninsula, on France’s northern coast, according to local reports.
The power plant houses two pressurized water reactors (PWRs) that produce a total of 2.6 GWe. They came into service in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Their combined annual output of about 19 TWh is the equivalent of 4.5% of the fission-electricity production in France.
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