Port Diélette

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Diélette est le port de deux communes (Flamanville et Tréauville). Il s'agit d'un ancien village de pêcheurs typique. Inauguré en 1997, un nouveau port nommé Port-Diélette a été adjoint à l'ancien petit port de pêche. Port-Diélette est partagé entre les communes de Flamanville et Tréauville.

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Siouville-Hague

Siouville-Hague is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Flamanville, Manche

Flamanville is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.

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Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant

The Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant is located at Flamanville, Manche, France on the Cotentin Peninsula. The power plant houses three pressurized water reactors. Units 1 and 2, rated at 1.33 GWe net each and based on a Westinghouse design, were ordered following the Messmer Plan and deliver full power since 1987. Unit 3 is an EPR unit with a nameplate capacity of 1.65 GWe which was connected to the grid in December 2024 and reached full power in December 2025. The power plant produced 18.9 TWh of energy in 2005, which amounted to 4% of the electricity production in France. In 2006 there were 671 workers regularly working at the plant. In 2023, 11,7 TWh was produced with 1400 regular workers. Construction of unit 3 began in 2007 with its commercial introduction scheduled for 2012. Areva, the company in charge of the project, proved unable to manage it, leading to the ultimate demise of the company. Various safety problems have been raised, including weakness in the steel used in the reactor. In July 2019, further delays were announced, pushing back the commercial introduction date to the end of 2022. As of 2020 the project was more than five times over budget. In January 2022, more delays were announced, with fuel loading continuing until mid-2023, and again in December 2022, delaying fuel loading to early 2024. Fuel loading was completed in May 2024. The reactor eventually started up in early September 2024 and was connected to the grid at 11:48 AM on 21 December 2024.

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Tréauville

Tréauville is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Héauville

Héauville is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Histoire

Le port de Diélette fut bâti au XVIIIe siècle par les seigneurs de Flamanville. Le routier de René Bougard fait état du « nouveau port » achevé en 1732 où une jetée met les navires « à couvert des vents d'ouest ». Pendant les guerres du Premier Empire, le port servit de refuge.

Géographie

La Diélette est le nom du fleuve côtier qui prend sa source sur la commune de Grosville et coule sur une quinzaine de kilomètres avant de se jeter dans le bassin de Port-Diélette. Une mine de fer dite de la Cabotière y a été exploitée. Le minerai était très riche en fer, mais les galeries s'étendant sous la mer rendaient l'exploitation difficile du fait des infiltrations. La mine est fermée en 1962.