Gravelines
5,460 MW coastal plant of six reactors near Dunkirk.
Overview
Six 900 MW class units were commissioned 1980 to 1985. Gravelines in 2010 became the first plant worldwide to deliver 300 TWh lifetime, more than any other. Warm summers occasionally throttle cooling water discharge into the North Sea.
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