Nearly 1000 people, employees of EDF or industrial partners, work all year round on the Chooz site. They work in areas such as safety, operation, maintenance, engineering, environment, etc.
From 1967 to 1991, EDF, in partnership with Belgium, operated a first unit, Chooz A. With a power of 305 megawatts, it was the first pressurized water reactor in France. Since 2007, this unit is being deconstructed.
The Public Information Center welcomes you free of charge and without an appointment to introduce you to nuclear energy.
It is open:
– Outside school periods: only on Wednesday from 13:30 p.m. to 17:30 p.m.
– During French and Belgian school holidays: Monday to Friday from 13:30 p.m. to 17:30 p.m.
Closed on weekends.
Occasional openings during event weekends
The visit to the themed spaces, with an area of 300m², includes stands on:
– the different means of producing electricity
– the nuclear fission reaction and the process of manufacturing uranium pellets
- radioactivity
– the controlled zone and nuclear safety
– environmental controls
– waste – the Chooz A power plant being deconstructed and its model
– the Chooz B power plant in operation, its model of the reactor building and a real-size fuel assembly
– The “It’s not rocket science!” films filmed in Chooz: the operating principle of a power plant, the energy mix and waste.
– The plant's public information center also has a fun-educational escape game on the theme of energies accessible from 8 years old.
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- Specific thematic animation
- Children's workshop
- Conferences
- Guided tour
