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Superphénix Power Plant
Superphénix Power Plant is a closed nuclear power plant in France, with 1,200 MW of capacity, operated by Électricité de France.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | France | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1986 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 1998 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Électricité de France | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,200 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Nuclear | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 45.7583, 5.4722 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Superphénix is the 25th-largest of 222 power plants in France by capacity; its 1,200 MW is 1.1% of the 107,469 MW we hold for France. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 25th of 222 | 107,469 MW | 1.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 354th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Retired
Operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.