Map of French Nuclear Sites
France is a global leader in nuclear energy, generating about 65% of its electricity from nuclear power as of 2023. The country operates 56 nuclear reactors, with one more under construction. This heavy reliance on nuclear energy allows France to maintain low carbon dioxide emissions per unit of electricity, contributing significantly to its energy security and environmental goals. Find out where the country’s nuclear sites are located, and what goes on at each of them, on our interactive map of French nuclear sites.
Quick Guide to using the Map of French Nuclear Sites
MAP – Click and drag to move the map around. Hold Ctrl and use the mouse wheel to zoom in or out. Alternatively use the zoom buttons in the top right corner.
POINTS – Points are coloured based on the purpose of the nuclear site.
COUNTER – The counter in the top left displays the number of nuclear sites under each purpose. Clicking on a specific counter lets you see only sites that fall within that category.
POPUPS – Hovering over a specific point on the map will show you a popup containing additional information about the site.
Data
Below is the full data set used to create the France Nuclear Sites Map. You can use it to look up specific nuclear sites.
| Name | Purpose | Latitude | Longitude | Status | Construction Start | Start of Operations | End of Operations | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville | Power Station | 47.509722 N | 2.875000 E | Operational | 1970 | 1988 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Blayais | Power Station | 45.255833 N | -0.693056 W | Operational | 1977 | 1981 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Bugey | Power Station | 45.800000 N | 5.270833 E | Operational | 1964 | 1972 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Cattenom | Power Station | 49.415833 N | 6.218056 E | Operational | 1979 | 1992 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Chinon | Power Station | 47.230556 N | 0.170556 E | Operational | 1957 | 1984 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Chooz | Power Station | 50.090000 N | 4.789444 E | Operational | 1960 | 1996 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Civaux | Power Station | 46.456667 N | 0.652778 E | Operational | 1997 | 2002 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Cruas | Power Station | 44.633056 N | 4.756667 E | Operational | 1978 | 1984 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Dampierre | Power Station | 47.733056 N | 2.516667 E | Operational | 1974 | 1980 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Fessenheim | Power Station | 47.9031 N | 7.5631 E | Decommissioning | 1970 | 1977 | 2020 | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Flamanville | Power Station | 49.536389 N | -1.881667 W | Operational | 1979 | 1986 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Golfech | Power Station | 44.106667 N | 0.845278 E | Operational | 1982 | 1991 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Gravelines | Power Station | 51.015278 N | 2.136111 E | Operational | 1975 | 1980 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Nogent | Power Station | 48.515278 N | 3.517778 E | Operational | 1981 | 1987 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Paluel | Power Station | 49.858056 N | 0.635556 E | Operational | 1977 | 1984 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Penly | Power Station | 49.976667 N | 1.211944 E | Operational | 1980 | 1992 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Saint-Alban | Power Station | 45.4044 N | 4.7544 E | Operational | 1978 | 1985 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Saint-Laurent | Power Station | 47.7200 N | 1.5775 E | Operational | 1969 | 1983 | / | Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) |
| Superph nix | Power Station | 45.758333 | 5.472222 | Decommissioning | 1974 | 1986 | 1998 | Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) |
| Tricastin | Power Station | 44.3297 N | 4.7322 E | Operational | 1974 | 1980 | / | Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Brennilis | Power Station | 48.3533 | -3.872203 | Decommissioning | 1962 | 1967 | 1985 | Heavy Water Moderated Gas Cooled Reactor (HWGCR) |
| CEA Marcoule | Civil Research Site | 44.143333 | 4.709444 | Operational | 1952 | 1956 | / | Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research & Development |
| CEA Saclay | Civil Research Site | 48.725874 | 2.1496 | Operational | Unknown | 1952 | / | Research in Low-carbon energies / Climate and environment / Matter and universe / Health and life sciences / Technology for industry |
| CEA Cadarache | Civil Research Site | 43.6875 | 5.761944 | Operational | Unknown | 1959 | / | Energy Research |
| Jules Horowitz | Research Reactor | 43.6778 | 5.7685 | Under Construction | 2007 | / | / | Materials Testing Reactor (MTR) cooled and moderated with water |
| International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) | Research Reactor | 43.70831 | 5.77741 | Under Construction | 2013 | / | / | Nuclear Fusion Reactor |
| Zo | Power Station | 48.7906 | 2.2761 | Dismantled | 1947 | 1948 | 1976 | Heavy Water Reactor |
| Rapsodie | Research Reactor | 43.6766 | 5.7727 | Decommissioning | Unknown | 1967 | 1983 | Sodium-cooled fast-neutron Breeder Reactor |
| Ph nix | Research Reactor | 44.15114014 | 4.714126054 | Decommissioning | 1968 | 1973 | 2010 | Fast Breeder Reactor |
| La Hague | Fuel Production | 49.678333 | -1.879444 | Operational | Unknown | 1976 | Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant | |
| Manche storage centre | Waste Management | 49.67702 | -1.862417 | Monitoring Phase | Unknown | 1969 | 1994 | Radioactive waste storage centre |
| Georges-Besse | Fuel Production | 44.3306 | 4.7217 | Decommissioning | 1979 | 1981 | 2012 | Uranium Enrichment |
| CEA Grenoble | Civil Research Site | 45.20109783158889, | 5.705448908 | Operational | Unknown | 1956 | / | Research in Nuclear / Alternative energies / Defence and security / Telecommunications |
| CEA Ile de France | Military Research Site | 48.59519692 | 2.20395826 | Operational | Unknown | 1956 | / | Design of nuclear deterrent weapons |
| CEA Fontenay-aux-Roses | Civil Research Site | 48.79054546 | 2.275894849 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Research in Health |
| CEA le Ripault | Military Research Site | 47.2940629 | 0.674364883 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Design, development and manufacture of innovative materials for the non-nuclear components of deterrent weapons |
| CEA Valduc | Military Research Site | 47.57687094 | 4.869130617 | Operational | Unknown | 1958 | / | Design, manufacturing, maintenance and dismantling of nuclear |
| sub-assemblies of deterrent weapons | ||||||||
| CEA Cesta | Military Research Site | 44.65818886 | -0.805458693 | Operational | Unknown | 1965 | / | Design of nuclear warheads |
| CEA Gramat | Military Research Site | 44.74358141 | 1.723491333 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | |
| Malv si | Fuel Production | 43.21361 | 2.98 | Operational | 1958 | 1959 | / | Uranium Refinery and Conversion |
| Sabl sur Sarthe | Ionisation Facility | 47.826664 | -0.302377 | Operational | Unknown | 1992 | / | Medical Ionisation Facility |
| Aube disposal facility | Waste Management | 48.396145 | 4.674007 | Operational | Unknown | 1992 | / | Disposal of intermediate and low-activity short-lived waste |
| GANIL | Civil Research Site | 49.214444 | -0.360556 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Laboratory for fundamental and applied research into atomic physics, nuclear physics and physics of condensed matter |
| Pouzauges ionisation facility | Ionisation Facility | 46.770877 | -0.840218 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Medical Ionisation Facility |
| Irradiated materials facility | Waste Management | 47.23259443 | 0.169992849 | Decommissioning | Unknown | 1964 | 2015 | examinations and expert appraisals of activated and contaminated materials and fluids |
| Chinon inter-regional store | Fuel Production | 47.23111907 | 0.175648901 | Operational | Unknown | 1978 | / | Fresh fuel storage |
| Gammaster ioniser | Ionisation Facility | 43.33463741 | 5.387270789 | Operational | 2008 | 2014 | / | Foodstuffs and Medical Ionisation Facility |
| Framatome nuclear fuel fabrication plants | Fuel Production | 45.05159163 | 5.09762564 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Fabrication of fuel elements for research reactors and nuclear fuel for PWRs |
| Creys-Malville fuel storage facility | Waste Management | 45.7571127 | 5.477004381 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Pool storage of fresh & spent fuel from Superphenix |
| Bugey inter-regional fuel store | Fuel Production | 45.79782544 | 5.268507922 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Fresh fuel storage |
| Activated waste packaging and storage facility (ICEDA) | Waste Management | 45.80075655 | 5.267919659 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Disposal of intermediate and low-activity short-lived waste |
| Dagneux ionisation facility | Ionisation Facility | 45.83665563 | 5.071209316 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Medical Ionisation Facility |
| SICN | Fuel Production | 45.25967523 | 5.623504788 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | Fuel Fabrication | |
| High-flux reactor | Research Reactor | 45.206239 | 5.692774 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Heavy-water high-flux neutron reactor (RHF) |
| Decay storage facility | Waste Management | 45.20006568 | 5.698989078 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | 2010 | Decay storage of high-activity (HA) waste |
| Diadem | Waste Management | 44.15490101 | 4.712555035 | Under Construction | Unknown | / | / | |
| MELOX | Fuel Production | 44.14605966 | 4.713810894 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | MOX Fuel Production |
| Centraco | Waste Management | 44.13658933 | 4.706958796 | Operational | 1996 | 2008 | / | Waste Processing and Size Reduction |
| Central fissile material warehouse (MCMF) | Fuel Production | 43.69890969 | 5.761563048 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | 2017 | Reception, storage, and shipping of non-irradiated fissile materials |
| STD and STE treatment stations | Waste Management | 43.69266775 | 5.741481857 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | 2013 | Waste Treatment and Packaging |
| Agate | Waste Management | 43.69036325 | 5.743941804 | Operational | 2009 | 2014 | / | Collection and Processing of liquid effluents |
| Chicade | Waste Management | 43.68927638 | 5.748019291 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Research and development work on radioactive substances |
| Cedra | Waste Management | 43.68808373 | 5.743862294 | Operational | Unknown | 2006 | / | Storage of intermediate-level long-lived (ILW-LL) solid radioactive waste |
| LECA and STAR | Waste Management | 43.68675581 | 5.746840007 | Operational | Unknown | 1964 | / | Examination of irradiated materials |
| Magenta | Fuel Production | 43.68741609 | 5.752518946 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Storage of solid non-irradiated fissile materials |
| Chemical purification laboratory (LPC) | Fuel Production | 43.68959241 | 5.755765086 | Decommissioning | Unknown | 1965 | 2009 | MOX Fuel Production |
| Plutonium technology facility (ATPu) | Fuel Production | 43.68872518 | 5.757780978 | Decommissioning | Unknown | 1962 | 2009 | Plutonium Fuel Production & MOX Fuel Production |
| P gase and Cascad | Waste Management | 43.68802764 | 5.762109513 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | 1980 | Spent Fuel Storage |
| Enriched uranium processing facility (ATUe) | Fuel Production | 43.6843341 | 5.753431078 | Decommissioning | Unknown | 1964 | 2006 | Uranium Conversion |
| Radioactive waste storage area | Waste Management | 43.68000667 | 5.758062525 | Decommissioning | Unknown | 1968 | Storage of Radioactive Waste | |
| Eole & Minerve | Research Reactor | 43.68345972 | 5.763442589 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | 2017 | Experimental reactors intended for neutron studies |
| Masurca | Research Reactor | 43.6755622 | 5.76921558 | Decommissioning | Unknown | 1966 | 2006 | Fast Breeder Mock-Up |
| Ph bus | Research Reactor | 43.67339211 | 5.780924421 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | 2012 | Experimental reactor for studying severe accidents affecting light-water reactors |
| Cabri | Research Reactor | 43.67240467 | 5.784107744 | Operational | Unknown | 1964 | / | Safety studies for light-water reactors, particularly reactivity injection accidents (RIA) and loss of primary coolant accidents (LOCA) |
| Georges Besse II | Fuel Production | 44.32423645 | 4.720846289 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Uranium Enrichment |
| SOCATRI | Fuel Production | 44.32105122 | 4.716907884 | Operational | Unknown | Unknown | / | Waste Treatment and Storage |
| Georges Besse I | Fuel Production | 44.32971305 | 4.720898348 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | 2012 | Uranium Enrichment |
| Uranium hexafluoride conversion and preparation plant | Fuel Production | 44.3412979 | 4.728868381 | Decommissioning | Unknown | Unknown | 2008 | Uranium Conversion |
