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Nuclear power plants in France

23 nuclear power plants in France, totalling 75,473 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#PlantRegionMW
1Le Carnet nuclear power plant6,000
2GRAVELINESNord-Pas-de-Calais5,706
3PALUELHaute-Normandie5,528
4CATTENOMLorraine5,448
5FLAMANVILLELower Normandy4,414
6CRUASRhone-Alpes3,824
7TRICASTIN 1Rhone-Alpes3,820
8CHINONCentre3,816
9BLAYAISAquitaine3,804
10DAMPIERRECentre3,748
11BUGEYRhone-Alpes3,724
12CIVAUXPoitou-Charentes3,122
13CHOOZChampagne-Ardenne3,120
14PENLYHaute-Normandie2,764
15ST ALBANRhone-Alpes2,762
16BELLEVILLEBourgogne2,726
17GOLFECHMidi-Pyrenees2,726
18NOGENTChampagne-Ardenne2,726
19ST LAURENTCentre1,912
20FESSENHEIMAlsace1,760
21Superphénix nuclear power plantIsère1,200
22Marcoule nuclear power plantGard693
23Phenix nuclear power plantGard130

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.