Penly nuclear power plant

Penly nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Penly nuclear power plant is the 13th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in France, holding 4% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 47th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1990 and 1992; the median unit is 35.0 years old, younger than the median of 41.0 in France.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 7.5 to 7.7 years (median 7.6) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1990s is 8.0 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Paluel nuclear power plant (43 km), Gravelines nuclear power plant (133 km) and Flamanville nuclear power plant (227 km).

Build time by unit

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.