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WATCH NOW What’ s it like to stand on top of a nuclear reactor? Go behind the scenes of a nuclear power station

LOCATION: NORD, FRANCE COMPANY: EDF CEO: BERNARD FONTANA CAPACITY: 5.46 GW

The Gravelines plant consists of six nuclear reactors with a nameplate capacity of 900 MW each.

It met nearly 6 % of all French electricity production in 2017 and is cooled with water from the North Sea.

This water carrying waste heat is used for the aquaculture of some types of fish.

Construction began on the plant in 1974 and its first reactors entered service in 1980.

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Gravelines Nuclear Power Station

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34 November 2025