What is Tricastin nuclear power plant?
{{Orphan|date=February 2022}} [[Image:Eurodif.JPG|thumb|The cooling towers of Tricastin]] '''Tricastin''' is a [[nuclear]] [[power plant]] in [[France]]. It has 4 reactors, which each generate 915 [[Watt|MW]], for a total of 3.6 TW. It is next to the highway, about halfway between [[Valence-sur-Rhône]] and [[Avignon]]. It is on the [[Rhône|River Rhône]]. It was built form 1974 to 1981; the first reactors started working in 1980. It has been criticized several times, because of incidents: *The French control authority said in 2002 that certain means of cooling would not work when there was an [[earthquake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asn.gouv.fr/sections/rubriquesprincipales/actualites/avis-d-incident/2002/erreur-conception|title=Erreur de conception affectant la résistance au séisme de réservoirs d'eau de plusieurs réacteurs de 900 MWe|publisher=Autorité de sûreté nucléaire|language=French}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *A study done in 2004 said that tests done at the site showed that firefighters needed 37 minutes to bring a fire under control. This is too long, and mostly related to the lack of training. According to the report, this makes it impossible to extinguish a bigger fire.<ref>http://www.asn.gouv.fr/Actualite/lds/maj/2004-38/INS_2004_EDFTRI0023.PDF{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *In 2003, the temperature of the water of the canal next to the site was higher than allowed, for a total of over 44 hours. The autorized limit was 27&nbsp;°C, the measured temperature was 28.8&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRICASTIN (Drome)|url=http://www.asn.gouv.fr/data/evenement/30_2003_tri.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060129002616/http://www.asn.gouv.fr/data/evenement/30_2003_tri.asp|archive-date=2006-01-29|access-date=2008-07-25}}</ref> *Between July 7 and July 8, 2008, a [[solution]] containing [[Uranium]] was spilled on the site; about 75&nbsp;kg of a total of about 250&nbsp;kg rea