La centrale nucléaire de Golfech est implantée dans la commune de Golfech dans le département de Tarn-et-Garonne en région Occitanie, en bordure de la Garonne. La centrale est constituée de deux réacteurs à eau pressurisée du palier P'4. Mises en service en 1991 et 1994, ces deux tranches ont chacune une puissance nette de 1 310 MWhe.
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The Golfech Nuclear Power Plant is located in the commune of Golfech, on the border of Garonne between Agen and Toulouse on the river Garonne, from where it gets cooling water, it is approximately 40 km west of Montauban.
The station has two operating nuclear reactors that are both pressurized water reactors of the French P'4 design. The plant also has two 178.5-metre-tall cooling towers that get water from the Garonne River, only using water to compensate for evaporation; the cooling loop is closed and water is never released back into the river.
In 2002 the plant produced nearly half of the electricity used in the area. It employs nearly 700 full-time workers.
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Golfech is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
It neighbours the larger town of Valence d'Agen and stands on the D813 road between Bordeaux and Toulouse and beside the canal de Garonne and railway that also link the cities. The D813 is classified as a departmental road in the French system.
Formerly, this road was designated as the N113, where the N indicated that it was a national road.
The Voie Verte cycle path serves the commune from Moissac to the east and the western border of Lot-et-Garonne towards Bordeaux. It will eventually run all the way from Bordeaux to Sète. The residents of Golfech are known as Golféchois.
The Golfech Nuclear Power Plant is located in the western part of the commune.
The river Barguelonne forms most of the commune's northern and north-western borders, then flows into the Garonne, which forms all of its south-western border.
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Golfech is a former railway station in Golfech, Occitanie, France. The station is on the Bordeaux–Sète railway. The station was served by TER services operated by SNCF, between Agen and Toulouse. Train service was suspended in 2017.
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The Barguelonne is a 61.1-kilometre long river in the Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne and Lot-et-Garonne départements, southwestern France. Its source is near Terry, a hamlet in Pern. It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Garonne into which it flows between Golfech and Lamagistère.
Its main tributary is the Barguelonnette.
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Donzac is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.