I visited here yesterday - didn't ever realise just how big this was.
All those billions, one can see it ------ I reckon I saw a billion in razor wire and electric fences. The place is massive.
It's also something I noticed as soon as I saw it - and, I missed the point totally before because I'd only seen inland ones ----------- it's cooled by water from the English Channel.
As basic as, but, I'd never thought of it before. This is the second biggest power station in France and 7th biggest in the world (by the article)
2. Paluel Nuclear Power Plant – 5,320MW
The Paluel nuclear power plant located in Normandy, France, approximately 40km away from Dieppe, is the second biggest nuclear power station in France and the seventh biggest in the world by net capacity.
The 5,320MW facility is developed on a 160ha-site on the waterfront of the English Channel. Owned and operated by EDF, it comprises four 1,330MW PWR units.
EDF started construction on the Paluel nuclear power station in 1977. The first two reactor units of the plant were commissioned in 1984 while the third and fourth units were respectively connected to the grid in 1985 and 1986. Paluel is the second-largest French NPP, after Gravelines.
