The plant in Fessenheim, Upper Rhine, along the Alsace Grand Canal, had two pressurized reactors (PWRs) of 920 MW. Construction began in 1970, and the power plant was commissioned in 1977-1978.
While the Meiler Fessenheim is being dismantled, France relies elsewhere on new nuclear power plants and extended runtimes. What the new strategy for energy supply provides.