Nuclear plant of Saint-Alban

The nuclear plant of Saint-Alban is localized in Isere on the edge of the the Rhone to 50 km downstream from Lyon, on the communes of the Saint-Alban-of-Rhone and Saint-Maurice-the Exil.

For the cooling from its two Nuclear reactors, the power station uses the water of the the Rhone.

Approximately 670 people work in Saint-Alban.

Seismic risk

According to a document of the nuclear Authority of safety going back to October 2002, of the anomalies remote could make the system of control inoperative, calling into question the operation of important taps for safety necessary after a seism.

Heat wave 2003

July 14th, 2003, the temperature of the water rejections in the Rhone reached a median value of +0,36°C to the top of the limit authorized, throughout one 4 hour. The nuclear Authority of safety disseminated this information on its Web site on August 5th, 2003.

Risk fire

May 11th, 2005, the nuclear Autorité of safety addressed to the Director of the power station of Saint-Alban a mail stipulating many variations with the rules of prevention of the risk sets fire to. the inspectors of the ASN proceeded to a exercise sets fire to, but the detector activated by the inspectors did not start of alarm sets fire to but with started the appearance of an alarm defect in control room.

According to the annual report 2007 of ASN, the site must progress in the monitoring in control room.

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