Nogent Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear Power Plant Nogent
Country	France
Coordinates	48°30′58″N 3°31′04″E / 48.5161°N 3.5178°E / 48.5161; 3.5178
Status	Operational
Construction began	1981
Commission date	October 21, 1987 (October 21, 1987)
Operator(s)	EDF
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	2,620 MW
External links
Website	www.edf.com
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is located in the French commune of Nogent-sur-Seine, on the right bank of the Seine, in the west of the Aube department. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the west of Troyes and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Paris.

The plant houses two reactors each of 1300 MWe and the site has a total area of 100 hectares. Each reactor has its own cooling tower 165 metres (541 ft) high.

It produces about a third of the yearly electricity consumption of Île-de-France and employs around 700 regular workers.

Events

• A fire drill on October 2, 2001 by the Nuclear Safety Authority of France confirmed that it took about 50 minutes between the time of the drill the time the second team responded.
• On September 30, 2005, water was accidentally sprayed on electrical cabinets; the reactor was automatically stopped. Nobody was injured and there were no radiation releases. It was classified as 1 on the INES scale^[1].

On December 5, 2011, nine Greenpeace anti-nuclear activists cut through a fence at the Nogent Nuclear Power Plant. They scaled the roof of the domed reactor building and unfurled a "Safe Nulcear Doesn't Exist" banner before attracting the attention of security guards. Two activists remianed at large for four hours.^[2]