St. Alban nuclear power plant

St. Alban nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity St. Alban nuclear power plant is the 14th largest of 18 operating nuclear sites in France, holding 4% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 48th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1986 and 1987; the median unit is 39.5 years old, younger than the median of 41.0 in France.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 6.6 to 6.9 years (median 6.8) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Bugey nuclear power plant (59 km), Cruas nuclear power plant (86 km) and Tricastin nuclear power plant (119 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.