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The Nogent
The Nogent Nuclear Power
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Plant is located in the French commune
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of Nogent-sur-Seine
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, on the right bank of the Seine
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, in the west of the Aube
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department. It is located to the west of Troyes
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and south-east of Paris
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.
The plant houses two reactors each of 1300 MWe and the site has a total area of 100 hectare
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s. Each reactor has its own cooling tower
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high.
It produces about a third of the yearly electricity consumption of ÃŽle-de-France
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and employs around 700 regular workers.
Events
*A fire drill on 2 October 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 30 September 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 level 1 on the INES scale. On 5 December 2011, nine Greenpeaceanti-nuclear
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activists cut through a fence at the Nogent Nuclear Power Plant. They scaled the roof of the domed reactor building and unfurled a "Safe Nuclear Doesn't Exist" banner before attracting the attention of security guards. Two activists remained at large for four hours.
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