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Nuclear power plants in France

19 nuclear power plants in France, totalling 67,450 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#PlantRegionMW
1GRAVELINESNord-Pas-de-Calais5,706
2PALUELHaute-Normandie5,528
3CATTENOMLorraine5,448
4FLAMANVILLELower Normandy4,414
5CRUASRhone-Alpes3,824
6TRICASTIN 1Rhone-Alpes3,820
7CHINONCentre3,816
8BLAYAISAquitaine3,804
9DAMPIERRECentre3,748
10BUGEYRhone-Alpes3,724
11CIVAUXPoitou-Charentes3,122
12CHOOZChampagne-Ardenne3,120
13PENLYHaute-Normandie2,764
14ST ALBANRhone-Alpes2,762
15BELLEVILLEBourgogne2,726
16GOLFECHMidi-Pyrenees2,726
17NOGENTChampagne-Ardenne2,726
18ST LAURENTCentre1,912
19FESSENHEIMAlsace1,760

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Lifecycle and source reconciliation

This page contains 23 positive-capacity records totalling 75,473 MW. Lifecycle labels, capacity scope and capacity-quality provenance are kept separate so a source-backed capacity is not mistaken for a verified operating status.

21records with a resolvable source link
2records without a retained record-level link

Lifecycle labels in this page slice

StatusRecords
Not Reported5
Operating18

Capacity provenance quality

Quality labelRecords
current source verified gem operating units 202615
legacy source record not current verified2
source verified gem tracker location 20263
source verified wikidata p2109 strict match3

Unknown upstream labels remain unclassified; they are never guessed. Download the exact records used here: CSV · JSON with limitations.