Chooz Nuclear Power Plant

The Chooz Nuclear Power Station lies in the municipality of Chooz in the Ardennes department, France, on the Meuse River in a panhandle protruding into Belgium, between the French city of Charleville-Mézières and the Belgian municipality of Dinant, near the comune of Givet.The first reactor, Chooz A, was an early pressurized water reactor design by Westinghouse, built and operated by French and Belgian grid operators. It was shut down in 1991 after an operational life of 22 years. The containment building of this unit was underground. Decommissioning was authorised in 2007. After preliminary work, decommissioning of the reactor pressure vessel began in 2016. As of 2022, vessel’s internal equipment was being dismantled under water.

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