Gravelines Nuclear Power Station

• In 2006, when Unit 3 was taken offline for routine refueling, it was discovered that an electrical wire had not been plugged in correctly during the last outage in 2005. This ranked Level-1 on the INES Scale, the lowest level on the 7-point scale • In 2007, the plant experienced four separate events that qualified as Level 1 on the INES Scale. • In August 2009, during the annual exchange of fuel bundles in Reactor-1, one bundle got stuck to the upper handling structure, stopping the operations and causing the evacuation and isolation of the reactor's building. • On 11 August 2025, the plant was shut down after a swarm of jellyfish clogged the facility's cooling system. == Cooling water ==

The cooling water that carries waste heat from the plant is used for aquaculture of European seabass and gilt-head breams by Acquanord. == Economics ==

A major OVH datacentre is located next to the power station. == See also ==