- 75 - COMPLEMENTARY SAFETY ASSESSMENTS OF THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND EUROPEAN STRESS TESTS 1 Overview of the French nuclear power plant fleet 1.1 Description of the nuclear power plants The nineteen French nuclear power stations NPPs) currently in operation are relatively similar. They each station comprises from two to six pressurized water reactors (PWRs), giving a total of fifty eight reactors in service. In addition to this, an EPR-type PWR is currently under construction at the Flamanville site, and an authorisation application has been made for another reactor of this type at the Penly site. For all the reactors in service, the nuclear island was designed and built by Framatome, with Electricité de France (EDF) acting as architect engineer. Today these reactors are all operated by EDF. The illustration below shows the geographical location of the NPPs in France. There are no French reactors situated in French territories outside main-land France. Four NPPs are situated by the sea, and represent: 14 reactors in service, 1 reactor under construction, 1 projected reactor, for which EDF has submitted an authorization application. One NPP with 4 reactors (Blayais) is situated on an estuary, which means it is subject to the influences of both sea and river. The other sites are situated beside waterways (mainly large rivers).
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