Dampierre

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Reactor Data

Reactor Units

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Every power reactor at this site as listed in the IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS): reactor type and model, net electrical capacity, grid connection and commercial operation dates, and current status.
4 units: 4 operational. Net capacity in service: 3,560 MWe.
Unit Type Model Net MWe Construction Grid Commercial Op Shutdown Status
Dampierre 1 PWR CP1 890 1975-02-01 1980-03-23 1980-09-10 Operational
Dampierre 2 PWR CP1 890 1975-04-01 1980-12-10 1981-02-16 Operational
Dampierre 3 PWR CP1 890 1975-09-01 1981-01-30 1981-05-27 Operational
Dampierre 4 PWR CP1 890 1975-12-01 1981-08-18 1981-11-20 Operational
Capacity, milestones and suppliers
Unit Design MWe Gross MWe Thermal MWt First Criticality Reactor Supplier Turbine Supplier Notes
Dampierre 1 890 937 2,785 1980-03-15 FRAMATOME ALSTOM
Dampierre 2 890 937 2,785 1980-12-05 FRAMATOME ALSTOM
Dampierre 3 890 937 2,785 1981-01-25 FRAMATOME ALSTOM
Dampierre 4 890 937 2,785 1981-08-05 FRAMATOME ALSTOM
Lifetime performance, through 2025
Unit Electricity Supplied Load Factor Energy Availability Operating Factor
Dampierre 1 250.9 TWh 70.6% 74.4% 76.6%
Dampierre 2 249.5 TWh 71.0% 76.2% 76.5%
Dampierre 3 259.9 TWh 74.3% 77.5% 78.9%
Dampierre 4 246.4 TWh 71.3% 75.1% 77.2%
Operator: ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Owner: ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
Source: IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS), as of 2026-10-19.

Working Here

Per Diem Rates FY 2026

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Per diem covers lodging and meals & incidental expenses (M&IE) for government and contractor travel near this facility. Rates are from the U.S. State Department foreign per diem tables for FY 2026.
$220
Lodging/Night
$132
M&IE/Day
$352
Total/Day
France: rate for locations the State Department does not list separately
U.S. Department of State foreign per diem, for U.S. government and contractor travel.

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Facility Map

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47.7351, 2.51892

Location & Contact

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Physical address, phone number, and website for this facility. Use the directions link to get driving directions via Google Maps.
Address:
Dampierre-en-Burly, Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Plant Facts

About This Site

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Written by NukeWorker from public records: facts that do not change. Operator, status and capacity come from the live data elsewhere on this page. Sources: Wikipedia: Dampierre Nuclear Power Plant.

Dampierre is a nuclear power plant in the commune of Dampierre-en-Burly, in the Loiret department of Centre-Val de Loire. It stands on the Loire river, about 55 km upstream of Orléans, and has four pressurized water reactor units.

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Construction began in 1974, and the units were first connected to the grid between March 1980 and August 1981. On 2 April 2001, during a refueling outage of unit 4, fuel assemblies were loaded in the wrong pattern, with about 30 percent of the core being MOX fuel. The core was fully unloaded, and the event was rated level 1 on the International Nuclear Event Scale, then reclassified to level 2 in 2007. On 9 April 2007, unit 3 lost external power and ran on emergency generators overnight.