Flamanville, Manche

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Coordinates: 49°31′53″N 1°51′55″W / 49.531389, -1.865278

Commune of Flamanville
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Basse-Normandie
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Les Pieux
Statistics
Elevation	90 m (avg.)
Land area¹	7.22 km²
Population² (1999)	1,683
- Density	233/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	50184/ 50340
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Flamanville is a commune in Manche, France.

On its territory is installed the seaside Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant, established there in the eighties, with two PWR reactors of 1300 MWe each, which were put into operation in 1986 and 1987.

Flamanville has recently been selected for the installation of the first French EPR reactor (which will be Flamanville's third reactor) near the two existing ones. This facility should be operational in 2012 although at the early planning and permission stage objections have been raised by the neighbouring States of Jersey.

The Flamanville location allows for the installation of a fourth reactor, if need be.

[edit] Objections to Flamanville EPR

1. Additional Analysis and Comments on the Threat of Terrorist Attack to the Proposed 3rd Nuclear Power Plant at Flamanville, France, States of Jersey, R3155-3, August 2006
2. Exploratory Review of the EdF Presentation in Support of the Proposal to Construct, Commission and Operate a 3rd Nuclear Power Plant at Flamanville, France, States of Jersey, R3155-1, August 2006

[edit] External links

• EPR - Flamanville 3 project
• Construction halted at flagship French nuclear reactor over problems in concrete base